Contents Preface v Guest Editors vi List of abbreviations viii 1. MRI methods for structural and functional assessment of the lungs: 1 proton and multinuclear Neil J. Stewart and Jim M. Wild 2. Radionuclide imaging 20 Frank M. Bengel 3. Chest radiography: performance, indications and interpretation 34 Dag Wormanns 4. Lung cancer: screening and staging 47 Theresa C. McLoud and Adam Bernheim 5. Pulmonary embolism 60 Sumit Karia and Nicholas Screaton 6. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 80 Robert A. Stockley and David G. Parr 7. Interstitial lung diseases 99 Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop and Helmut Prosch 8. The pleura 116 Cheng Xie and Fergus Gleeson 9. Pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome 141 Caron S. Parsons and Emma J. Helm 10. Pulmonary hypertension 158 Cathelijne E.E. van der Bruggen, Onno A. Spruijt, Lilian J. Meijboom and Anton Vonk Noordegraaf 11. Asthma 171 Simonetta Baldi, Ruth Hartley, Chris Brightling and Sumit Gupta ERS monograph Imaging Number 70 December 2015