Pre-surgical Evaluation of Lung Function

Volumetría pulmonar por tomografía computada en enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica: mediciones básicas para fenotipificar al paciente

“…La evolución natural de la condición varía ampliamente: en individuos con enfermedad grave, la mortalidad a 5 años es cercana al 70% 5 , sin mencionar que los pacientes con EPOC tienen cuatro a seis veces más riesgo de desarrollar cáncer pulmonar 3 .…”

Challenges of evaluating lung function as part of cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…In the absence of a local qCT software platform, a number of commercial companies offer such an imaging service simply requiring uploading of an anonymised CT scan to a secure cloud-based service for analysis: the report is emailed within 24 hours. Dual-energy phase CT (DECT) (18) and single photon emission tomography (SPECT) CT (19) imaging enable evaluation of lobar perfusion, necessary for example, prior to surgery. Furthermore, CT chest images acquired without electrocardiographic gating for non-cardiac indications have nevertheless proved serviceable for detecting coronary artery calcification (20,21) and quantifying epicardial and thoracic fat (22).…”

“…Dual-energy phase CT [ 18 ] and single photon emission tomography CT [ 19 ] imaging enable evaluation of lobar perfusion, which is necessary, for example, prior to surgery. Furthermore, CT chest images acquired without electrocardiographic gating for non-cardiac indications have nevertheless proved serviceable for detecting coronary artery calcification [ 20 , 21 ] and quantifying epicardial and thoracic fat [ 22 ].…”