Histogram-Based Densitometry Index to Assess the Severity of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis in Standard and Low-Dose Computed Tomography.
Cosimo Bruni, Lorenzo Tofani, Alexandru Garaiman, Suzana Jordan, Carmen-Marina Mihai, Rucsandra Dobrota, Muriel Elhai, Mike Oliver Becker, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold, Thomas Frauenfelder, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Oliver Distler
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Abstract
Mean lung attenuation, skewness, and kurtosis are histogram-based densitometry variables that quantify systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) and were recently merged into a computerized integrated index (CII). Our work tested the CII in low-dose 9-slice (reduced) and standard high-resolution computed tomography (CT) scans to evaluate extensive SSc-ILD and predict mortality.