Annual Congress Glasgow 2004

Saturday, 04.09.2004
Sunday, 05.09.2004
Monday, 06.09.2004
Tuesday, 07.09.2004
Wednesday, 08.09.2004

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, abstract number.

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Recent advances in modern chest imaging and their implications on various clinical problems

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Chairs: M. Hauser (Bern, Switzerland), K. Malagari (Papagou, Greece)

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Scintigraphic imaging (SPECT) with ^99mTc-depreotide to differentiate benign vs. malignant solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN): results from a multicentre study A. Naalsund, J. Maublant, the European NeoSpect Trial Group (Oslo, Norway; Clermont-Ferrand, France)
Peripheral imaging of the human lung using micro focus X-ray CT H. Ikura, K. Shimizu, Y. Yasuhara, T. Mochizuki, T. Nagareda (Ehime, Kanagawa, Hyogo, Japan)
Evaluation of respiratory movements of pharynx and trachea in patients with COPD and in healthy subjects by cine-MRI and lung function tests A. Biedermann, C. P. Heussel, S. Ley, K. Gast, S. Korn, R. Buhl, H. U. Kauczor (Mainz, Germany)
Quantitative CT analysis of interstitial lung disease using three-dimensional intensity surface curvature analysis method Y. Nakano, T. Asami, N. Sugimoto, N. Nitta, T. Hajiro, M. Takahashi, K. Murata, S. Eiho, M. Horie (Otsu, Uji, Japan)
Rapid fall in lung attenuation following smoking cessation in emphysema S. B. Shaker, T. Stavngaard, A. Dirksen (Hellerup, Denmark)
Reproducibility of alveolar size estimation using³He apparent diffusion coefficient MRI S. Diaz, I. Casselbrant, E. Piitulainen, G. Petersson, B. Peterson, P. Akeson (Malmo, Sweden; United States of America)
Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of hyperpolarized ³He magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with emphysema and healthy volunteers I. Casselbrant, S. Diaz, G. Pettersson, P. Magnusson, P. Wollmer, B. Petersen, P. Akeson, E. Piitulainen (Malmoe, Sweden; Princetown, United States Of America)
Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE), a marker of myocardial damage, can be detected by contrast enhanced-cardiac magnetic resonance imaging within the right ventricle of patients with severe pulmonary hypertension. The extent of LGE relates to RV performanc K. G. Blyth, T. N. Martin, P. B. Mark, H. J. Dargie, A. J. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)