Radiological diagnosis of copd exacerbations

Abstract

Review of the literature in problems of diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation and the main radiological techniques of COPD exacerbation were presented. Diagnostic possibilities of screen-film radiography, functional low-dose digital fluorography (LDDR), high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT), inspiration-expiration HRCT, ventilation-perfusion pulmoscintigraphy and magnetic resonance tomography in patients with COPD exacerbation were described. The advantages offunctional LDDR in patients with COPD exacerbation were shown.

Keywords

• exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• radiological techniques of copd exacerbation
• functional low-dose digital fluorography