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Caption This CT scan shows the "honeycomb" pattern of scarring in the lungs of a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive disease with few good treatment options. A new study has ...

Computed tomography (CT) scanning provides images of sections of the body (slices) using special X ray equipment and sophisticated computers. CT scans of internal organs, bone, soft tissue and blood ...

AI can deploy machine learning algorithms to analyse complex CT scan data, enabling precise tracking of lung scarring progression and identification of quantifiable tissue changes. AI's advanced ...

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Scarring of the lungs that makes it hard to breathe - Duke-NUS researchers say this condition, known as pulmonary fibrosis, is on the rise as the population ages. They have also found that ...

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Nearly half of Mars dust consists of silica, which on Earth is known to cause silicosis, an incurable lung disease that progressively scars lung tissue. The Martian silica particles measure about 3 ...

And one of these is the lungs, so there's a scarring or fibrotic process in the lungs. So it's a multi-systemic disease, and one of the defining features is having interstitial lung disease.