caa a22 4500 46578562X CHVBK 20180323112008.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01280251 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01280251 Computer quantitation of gallium 67 lung uptake in crocidolite (blue asbestos) workers of Western Australia [Elektronische Daten] [Anthony Hayes, Gary Thickbroom, George Guelfi, Arthur Musk, Agatha van der Schaaf] Pulmonary inflammation has been evaluated in 43 crocidolite-exposed asbestos (ASB) workers and 12 control subjects, using a quantitative index of gallium uptake (GI). The GI was compared with chest roentgenographs (CXRs) graded by the ILO classification. The ASB workers included 15 with asbestosis (CXR≥1/0), 19 with a normal CXR (CXR 0/0), and 9 with equivocal CXR changes (CXR 0/1). In individuals with asbestosis the GI was 3.6±0.3 (mean ± SEM),P < 0.01 compared with exposed patients without asbestosis. In exposed patients with equivocal CXR changes (0/1) the GI was 3.1±0.3, and in exposed patients with a normal CXR (0/0) the GI was 2.4±0.2 The GI for subjects without lung disease was 1.2±0.2,P<0.01 compared with exposed patients without asbestosis. The scans were scored independently by two observers, and the correlation coefficient of the two sets of GI was 0.95. These data demonstrate that subjects with crocidolite-induced asbestosis and exposed patients with equivocal CXR changes or a normal CXR have significantly increased GI. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Gallium 67 citrate nationallicence Computer quantitation nationallicence Asbestosis nationallicence Pneumoconiosis nationallicence Hayes Anthony Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Nedlands, 6009, Western Australia aut Thickbroom Gary Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Nedlands, 6009, Western Australia aut Guelfi George Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Nedlands, 6009, Western Australia aut Musk Arthur Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Nedlands, 6009, Western Australia aut van der Schaaf Agatha Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Nedlands, 6009, Western Australia aut European Journal of Nuclear Medicine Springer-Verlag 16/12(1990-12-01), 855-858 0340-6997 16:12<855 1990 16 259 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01280251 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01280251 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hayes Anthony Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Nedlands, 6009, Western Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thickbroom Gary Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Nedlands, 6009, Western Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Guelfi George Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Nedlands, 6009, Western Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Musk Arthur Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Nedlands, 6009, Western Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van der Schaaf Agatha Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Nedlands, 6009, Western Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine Springer-Verlag 16/12(1990-12-01), 855-858 0340-6997 16:12<855 1990 16 259 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer