@Article{Huuskonen2001, author = "Huuskonen, Olli and Kivisaari, Leena and Zitting, Antti and Taskinen, Kristian and Tossavainen, Antti and Vehmas, Tapio", title = "High-resolution computed tomography classification of lung fibrosis for patients with asbestos-related disease", journal = "Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health", year = "2001", month = "Apr", day = "27", number = "2", pages = "106--112", keywords = "asbestos-related disease; asbestosis; high-resolution computed tomography; high-resolution computed tomography classification; HRCT; ILO classification; kappa; lung fibrosis; observer variation; occupational disease; patient; pneumoconioses; receiver operating characteristic curve", abstract = "'
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OBJECTIVES ': 'This study tested a new high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scoring method for asbestos-induced parenchymal changes in the lung.
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METHODS ': 'HRCT scans of 602 asbestos-exposed workers and 49 referents were reviewed by 3 radiologists. Structured forms were filled out for a semiquantitative HRCT fibrosis score based on several specified parenchymal abnormalities scored separately. Observer agreement was studied with the use of the quadratic-weighted kappa (kappa
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RESULTS ': 'Good inter- and intraobserver agreements were achieved (kappa
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CONCLUSIONS ': 'The examined HRCT scoring method proved to be a simple, reliable, and reproducible method for classifying lung fibrosis and diagnosing asbestosis also in large populations with occupational disease, and it would be possible to use it as a part of an international classification.
", issn = "0355-3140", doi = "10.5271/sjweh.596", url = "https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=596", url = "https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.596" }