AI model used with one-inhale CT may help diagnose COPD suggests a study published in the Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.A ...

However, forced spirometry showing a post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC < 0.7 is mandatory for a diagnosis of COPD, he said. The CT section of the report also has been updated to address the use of CT ...

Significant increases occurred for FEV1 and FVC, with a reduced but statistically significant decrease in FEV1/FVC. The use of the GLI Global equations resulted in a change in the spirometry pattern ...