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Noninvasive Detection of Early Asbestos‐Related Disease of the Thorax: Algorithmic Analysis of Radiographic, Nuclear, and Serologic Tests
Author(s) -
ROCKOFF S. DAVID,
SCHWARTZ ARNOLD M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb24452.x
Subject(s) - george (robot) , annals , citation , medicine , library science , classics , history , art history , computer science
Improved imaging techniques may assist in the diagnosis of early asbestosis, such as could occur from "asbestos in place." These include (1) increased visualization of visceral pleural thickening, (2) high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT), and (3) gallium scanning, combined with evidence of serum markers indicating inflammation-associated pulmonary collagen formation. Combining these imaging and serum test observations with a clinically useful algorithmic approach may permit the diagnosis of "early" asbestosis, which is not now possible from the individual test results or from an unweighted combination of such data.