Radiological assessment of lung disease in small animals 1. Bronchial and vascular patterns Export

@article{citeulike:2662578, abstract = {INTERPRETATION of thoracic radiographs is often challenging, even to the extent of differentiating normal from abnormal images. Overlooking significant lung pathology is clearly a problem but, conversely, over-reading of radiographs can lead to false positive diagnoses, with potentially serious consequences for the patient. Problems can arise from suboptimal image quality, variations in appearance due to technical or patient factors and non-specificity of radiographic changes. This article demystifies some of the principles surrounding interpretation of lung radiographs to help the reader gain greater confidence in interpreting thoracic films. An article in the next issue will consider alveolar, interstitial and mixed lung patterns, nodules, masses and pulmonary mineralisation, and discuss the causes of decreased pulmonary opacity.}, author = {Dennis, Ruth}, citeulike-article-id = {2662578}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://inpractice.bvapublications.com/cgi/content/abstract/30/4/182}, day = {1}, journal = {In Pract.}, keywords = {animals, bronchial, lung, patterns, radiolography, small, vascular}, month = {April}, number = {4}, pages = {182--189}, posted-at = {2008-04-13 01:52:49}, priority = {2}, title = {Radiological assessment of lung disease in small animals 1. Bronchial and vascular patterns}, url = {http://inpractice.bvapublications.com/cgi/content/abstract/30/4/182}, volume = {30}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2662578 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2662578 N2 - INTERPRETATION of thoracic radiographs is often challenging, even to the extent of differentiating normal from abnormal images. Overlooking significant lung pathology is clearly a problem but, conversely, over-reading of radiographs can lead to false positive diagnoses, with potentially serious consequences for the patient. Problems can arise from suboptimal image quality, variations in appearance due to technical or patient factors and non-specificity of radiographic changes. This article demystifies some of the principles surrounding interpretation of lung radiographs to help the reader gain greater confidence in interpreting thoracic films. An article in the next issue will consider alveolar, interstitial and mixed lung patterns, nodules, masses and pulmonary mineralisation, and discuss the causes of decreased pulmonary opacity. IS - 4 JF - In Pract. EP - 189 TI - Radiological assessment of lung disease in small animals 1. Bronchial and vascular patterns VL - 30 SP - 182 KW - animals KW - bronchial KW - lung KW - patterns KW - radiolography KW - small KW - vascular AU - Dennis, Ruth PY - 2008/04/01/ UR - http://inpractice.bvapublications.com/cgi/content/abstract/30/4/182 ER -