Aplication of Gay-Dutka/Vašaková method and its modifications in assesment of extend of lung intersticial dissease associated with scleroderma on a chest CT (pilot study)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to asses the suitability of three different ways how to quantify systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). Results of our pilot study shows possibly suitable method that could be used for assesment of lung involvement at patients with systemic sclerosis.

Keywords

• HRCT
• interstitium
• lung
• quantification
• systemic sclerosis