PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Meziane, Moulay A.
TI  - New perspectives in the imaging of pneumoconioses
DP  - 1991 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 143--147
VI  - 58
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/58/2/143.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/58/2/143.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1991 Mar 01; 58
AB  - The plain, posteroanterior chest radiograph using the International Labour Office classification has been a critical element in the radiologic diagnosis of pneumoconioses. But advances in imaging technology, including high-resolution computed tomography, assure more objective diagnostic information. High-resolution computed tomography can separate nonpleural structures and abnormalities from true pleural disease; it also leaves little room for false interpretation of suspected parenchymal disease because it permits cross-sectional imaging of the lung parenchyma to the submillimeter level without overlap of the surrounding structures. The value of high-resolution computed tomography is already recognized by some courts involved in litigation over asbestos-related disease.