Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: airway volume measurement identifies progressive disease on computed tomography scans

Thomas McLellan; Peter M George; Paul Ford; Jan De Backer; Cedric Van Holsbeke; Benjamin Mignot; Nicholas J Screaton; Alessandro Ruggiero; Muhunthan Thillai

doi:10.1183/23120541.00290-2019

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: airway volume measurement identifies progressive disease on computed tomography scans

ERJ Open Res. 2020 Feb 17;6(1):00290-2019. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00290-2019. eCollection 2020 Jan.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
² Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
³ National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁴ Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium.
⁵ Fluidda NV, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁶ Dept of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Abstract

Airways tell a tale: measuring change in airway volume using functional respiratory imaging can differentiate between stable and progressive idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on CT scans #imagebiomarkers #ipf http://bit.ly/2M8KVLl.