X-ray dark-field chest imaging for detection and quantification of emphysema in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A diagnostic accuracy study.

Both lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affect your lungs. Both can cause shortness of breath, coughing, and wheezing.

If your doctor suspects you have COPD, you’ll likely undergo a few different tests, including a chest X-ray. Learn how to prepare for an X-ray and what the results could mean. Plus, see pictures ...

Detection of Emphysema: A Critical Opportunity to Enhance Lung Cancer Screening Lung cancer screening saves lives by detecting cancer early when it is most treatable.

Overall, lung cancer was detected in 2% of the population in the 6 years after the initial x-ray. The researchers noted that validation of the algorithm in a diverse patient population will be needed.

Paraseptal emphysema is the least common of the three main types of emphysema. Find out the causes and symptoms of this lung disease.

Legendary filmmaker David Lynch passed away months after he was diagnosed with emphysema, a lung disease that results from damage to the walls of the alveoli in your lungs. Lynch, known for ...

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory (lung) diseases that cause breathing difficulty and coughing. Asthma affects ...

Researchers reported that a lung MRI technique that uses inhaled gas can identify early patchy lung defects in patients with lung disease and who have had lung transplantation.

Emphysema is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that causes symptoms like coughing, wheezing, and breathing difficulties. It occurs when air sacs in the lung sustain damage or stretch.

Among these blockers, Benidipine decreased senescent lung cells and ameliorates lung emphysema in a mouse model. The dihydropyridine family of CaV blockers thus constitutes a new class of ...