[Clinical usefulness of imaging in diseases of the respiratory system]

Diagnostic imaging in the diagnosis of lung diseases have their established position. New techniques allow you to make wider and more thorough analysis of the structures of the respiratory system. Classic chest radiography remains the primary screening tool, both in terms of inflammatory diseases and cancer. The disclosed changes require further verification using computer techniques and isotope. Positron emission tomography is an important step in this regard, because the obtained images in many cases facilitate decision making about the need for surgical treatment. The ultrasound technique used into bronchial space let us obtain fully reliable material from places previously inaccessible to pneumonologist. The degree of usefulness of new diagnostic techniques, however, is dependent on the correctness of the research and the ability to interpret the images.