ACCURACY OF A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY BRONCHIAL WALL THICKNESS TO PULMONARY ARTERY DIAMETER RATIO FOR ASSESSING BRONCHIAL WALL THICKENING IN DOGS

• Published in: Veterinary radiology & ultrasound Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 264 - 271
• Main Authors: Szabo, David, Sutherland-Smith, James, Barton, Bruce, Rozanski, Elizabeth A., Taeymans, Olivier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Animals; Bronchi - pathology; bronchial wall ratio; bronchial wall thickening; Bronchitis, Chronic - diagnostic imaging; Bronchitis, Chronic - veterinary; Bronchography - veterinary; chronic bronchitis; computed tomography; dog; Dog Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Dogs; Female; Male; Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging; Pulmonary Artery - pathology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - veterinary; computed tomography; bronchial wall ratio; bronchial wall thickening; chronic bronchitis; dog

Computed tomography is increasingly being used in veterinary medicine to evaluate animals with pulmonary signs such as coughing, tachypnea, and exercise intolerance, however, a quantitative measure of bronchial wall thickening has yet to be validated in veterinary medicine. Canine chronic bronchitis...