Samuel Y Ash1, Alejandro A Diaz. 1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The present review aims to summarize the most recent evidence related to imaging and severe asthma, both with regard to advances in imaging research and to their current and potential clinical implications. RECENT FINDINGS: Recent work in imaging in severe asthma has principally been using computed tomography (CT) and MRI, as well as the integration of the two. Some of the most notable findings include the use of CT imaging biomarkers to create unique clusters of asthmatics, and the use of co-registration to link CT images of airways with regional variation in ventilation in MRI. In addition, temporal studies have shown that some the ventilation defects found using MRI in asthmatics are intermittent and others are persistent, but both are associated with lower lung function. SUMMARY: The role of imaging in severe asthma currently is primarily in the exclusion of comorbid or other conditions, or in the assessment for complications in the setting of acute decompensation. A rapidly expanding body of literature using CT and MRI suggests that these tools may soon be of utility in the chronic management of the disease.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The present review aims to summarize the most recent evidence related to imaging and severe asthma, both with regard to advances in imaging research and to their current and potential clinical implications. RECENT FINDINGS: Recent work in imaging in severe asthma has principally been using computed tomography (CT) and MRI, as well as the integration of the two. Some of the most notable findings include the use of CT imaging biomarkers to create unique clusters of asthmatics, and the use of co-registration to link CT images of airways with regional variation in ventilation in MRI. In addition, temporal studies have shown that some the ventilation defects found using MRI in asthmatics are intermittent and others are persistent, but both are associated with lower lung function. SUMMARY: The role of imaging in severe asthma currently is primarily in the exclusion of comorbid or other conditions, or in the assessment for complications in the setting of acute decompensation. A rapidly expanding body of literature using CT and MRI suggests that these tools may soon be of utility in the chronic management of the disease.
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