Imaging modalities in asthma, COPD and emphysema

Electronic Poster Discussion
Chairs: C. Beigelman-Aubry (Paris, France), J. M. Wild (Sheffield, United Kingdom)

Correlation of high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings with disease severity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) R. Bhargava, K. A. Dar, Z. Ahmad, I. Ahmad, N. N. Shah, D. K. Pandey, M. S. Akhtar, A. A. Bachh, I. A. Khan, I. Haq (Aligarh. Uttar Pradesh, India)
Correlation between pulmonary function tests and airway diameters, inspiratory-expiratory lung densities with CT and high resolution CT in patients with COPD G. Yilmaz, S. Bayramoglu, A. Uysal, N. Guner, V. Yilmaz, T. Cimilli (Istanbul, Turkey)
Evaluation of pulmonary densities and volumes in inspiratory and expiratory high resolution computed tomography in patients with COPD G. Yilmaz, S. Bayramoglu, A. Uysal, N. Guner, V. Yilmaz, T. Cimilli (Istanbul, Turkey)
Correlation of different thresholds in CT lung densitometry and pulmonary function tests in stable COPD patients G. E. Polivanov, A. E. Polivamova, A. V. Chernyak, A. V. Averyanov, A. G. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Early radiologic diagnose and assessment of lung parenchyma in patients with mild COPD and constant progressive smoking O. Lukina, A. Speranskaya, V. Amosov, V. Zolotnitskaya, V. Trofimov (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
Comparison of lung function tests, body diffusion, body plethismography and blood gas analysis with thoracic high resolution computed tomography in patients with stable COPD Z. Bozkurt, N. Aksel, A. Cakan, A. Ozsoz, O. Soy (Izmir, Turkey)
Lacunarity analysis enables detection of emphysema progression in COPD smokers using MR imaging of inhaled hyperpolarized helium B. Peterson, P. Akeson, S. Diaz, I. Casselbrandt, E. Piitulainen, G. Pettersson, E. Pickering, H. Burton, T. Tuthill (Groton, CT, United States Of America; Malmo, Sweden)
Improving reproducibility of CT densitometry in longitudinal trials of emphysema-modifying therapy O. Rutman, B. Stoel, D. Parr, A. Rames, S. Soliman, F. Bode (Nutley, NJ, United States Of America; Basel, Switzerland; Leiden, Netherlands; Coventry, United Kingdom)
Lung emphysema detected on low dose computed tomography of the chest is associated with a higher risk for lung cancer J. de Torres, G. Bastarrika, A. Alcaide, A. Campo, L. Seijo, M. Lozano, U. Montes, L. Montuenga, J. Zulueta (Pamplona, Navarra, Spain)
Quantitative assessment of visually negative emphysema by computed tomography in non-obstructed smokers J. M. McMurray, J. K. Leader, C. R. Fuhrman, J. L. Weissfeld, B. Zheng, H. O. Coxson, S. N. Fisher, D. Gur, F. C. Sciurba (Pittsburgh, PA, United States Of America; Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Oblique orientation of airways does not influence the measurement of computed tomography percentage wall area S. Siddiqui*, S. Gupta*, M. Dean, C. Brightling (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Measuring airway changes and emphysema in COPD using computed tomography (CT) and airway morphometry G. Edula, O. Weinheimer, M. Dahlback, T. Fehniger, M. Foster, T. Higenbottam, L. G. Carlsson, C. Brochhausen, C. P. Heussel, R. Buhl (Lund, Sweden; Mainz, Heidelberg, Germany)
Airway bypass procedure: quantitative low dose multi-detector computed tomography and pulmonary function tests in patients with severe emphysema A. Grgic, H. Wilkens, J. M. Kuhnigk, A. Bücker, A. Gröschel, R. Kubale, G. W. Sybrecht (Homburg, Saar, Bremen, Pirmasens, RP, Germany)
Bronchiectasis and bronchial wall thickening are common features of severe asthma S. Siddiqui*, S. Gupta*, P. Haldar, B. Mike, R. Green, I. Pavord, A. Wardlaw, C. Brightling (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Quantitative assessment of airway remodeling in severe asthma using high resolution computed tomography A. Pentheroudaki, M. Kokkinaki, M. Ferdoutsis, G. Meletis, C. Psillakis, M. Christodoulou, E. Thanou, C. Pigakis, C. Belias, G. Patsourakis, L. Triantafillou, N. Bachlitzanakis (Heraklion, Crete, Greece)
Thin-section CT in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: number of sections required for correlation with pulmonary function analyses and prediction of survival K. Marten, C. Engelke, Z. A. Aziz, A. U. Wells, D. M. Hansell (Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany)
Do pre-existing abnormalities on high resolution computerised tomography predict survival after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)? A. Enocson, L. Watson, E. Das-Gupta, K. Pointon, N. Russell, J. Byrne, A. Fogarty, R. Hubbard (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom)
Automated quantitative CT-analysis of airway structure in COPD patients A. Foedinger, W. Recheis, P. Heiniger, R. Eder, R. Frank, C. M. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria)
CT assessment of airway dimensions and clinical parameters in COPD patients G. Mair, J. Miller, F. MacLeod, M. Connell, D. Anderson, K. Donaldson, J. Murchison, W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)