Role of High Resolution Computed Tomography (Hrct) in the Clinico-Radiological Study of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases (Dpld) and in Disease Progression of Tuberculosis (TB)

Abstract

To detect and study the various computed tomographic patterns of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases.To assess disease progression of Tuberculosis based on the HRCT findings.To evaluate disease prognosis and reversibility by quantification of data derived from HRCT and to compare it with clinical and functional impairment as evaluated by pulmonary function tests.To correlate the HRCT profile with a histopathological diagnosis, wherever possible.The present study concludes that high resolution computed tomography is an invaluable tool in the diagnosis and characterization of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases especially in the study of disease progression in Tuberculosis, in an appropriate clinical setting.