ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2018
Quantification of pleural plaques by computed tomography and correlations with pulmonary function: preliminary study.
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- AI-Driven Automated Detection of Pleural Plaques on Chest CT Scans in Retired Asbestos-Exposed Workers.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Asbestos and benign pleural diseases: a narrative review.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2025Review
- Quantitative Imaging Metrics for the Assessment of Pulmonary Pathophysiology: An Official American Thoracic Society and Fleischner Society Joint Workshop Report.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Article
- Deep Learning for the Automatic Quantification of Pleural Plaques in Asbestos-Exposed Subjects.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Old Habits Die Hard - Asbestos Exposure.Turkish thoracic journal · 2021Article
- Relations between vital capacity, CO diffusion capacity and computed tomographic findings of former asbestos-exposed patients: a cross-sectional study.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aims of this study were to quantify pleural plaque volumes (PPVs) by computed tomography (CT) and investigate relations between PPV and pulmonary function after excluding other factors that might affect pulmonary function.
methodsTwenty-six subjects with pleural plaques and pulmonary function test (PFT) results among 1,544 subjects that registered with the Korea Environment Corporation for asbestos damage relief from January 2011 to December 2015 were included. Subjects with CT evidence of lung diseases and/or previous surgery were excluded. PPVs were measured by tracing the outlines of all pleural plaques on CT images. Patients were allocated to three groups by PPV, as follows, <10, 10-20, or ≥20 mL, and the PFT results of these groups were analyzed and compared. Simple linear regression analysis and multiple regression analysis were used to evaluate correlations between PPV and PFT variables.
resultsNo significant relationship was found between total PPV and pulmonary function indices or between PPV groups and PFT results (P>0.05). However, forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV
conclusionsWe quantified PPV on CT and found out higher PPV tended to exhibit a restrictive pattern. However, pleural plaques alone were not found to be significantly associated with pulmonary function.
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