Emerging and novel imaging biomarkers in drug-induced interstitial lung disease
Hot topicsChairs: P. Camus (Dijon, France), N. Chaudhuri (Manchester (Greater Manchester), United Kingdom)
Aims:
(i) To explore the current evidence regarding drug-induced lung toxicity, thereby highlighting its growing impact; (ii) to describe the in vivo models that are being used to elucidate the cell and extracellular matrix changes that underlie drug-induced interstitial lung disease (DIILD) and to identify imaging biomarkers for the detection and quantification of DIILD; (iii) to describe the new imaging techniques for assessing interstitial lung disease and their potential usefulness in DIILD; and (iv) to describe the potential clinical uses of molecular probes for detecting, staging and quantifying fibrosis and fibrogenesis.