Allanah Barker

CT phenotypes in COPD – implications for treatment

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by airflow obstruction that is not fully reversible, that does not change markedly over several months and that is usually progressive in the long term. As an umbrella term, COPD has subsumed chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

Allanah Barker, Judith Babar

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Thoracic 18F-FDG PETCT

Positron emission tomography computed tomography (PETCT) is a hybrid imaging modality that provides both anatomical CT and functional PET information in a single study. In clinical practice the most widely used PET imaging tracer is the glucose analogue labelled positron emitter 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG). FDG accumulates in cells that demonstrate increased glucose metabolism typically seen in […]

Dr Allanah Barker, Dr Nagmi Qureshi

Papworth Hospital

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