In vivo probe‐based confocal laser endomicroscopy in chronic interstitial lung diseases: Specific descriptors and correlation with chest CT

Mathieu Salaün (1) , Florian Guisier , Stephane Dominique , Anne Genevois , Vincent Jounieaux (2, 3) , Emmanuel Bergot , Caroline Thill , Nicolas Piton , Luc Thiberville (1)

1 QuantIF-LITIS - Equipe Quantification en Imagerie Fonctionnelle
2 Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation
3 AGIR - Agents infectieux, résistance et chimiothérapie - UR UPJV 4294

Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) enables in vivo microimaging of the distal lung, during bronchoscopy. This study aims at identifying pCLE descriptors of chronic interstitial lung diseases (ILD), their correlations with chest HRCT and assessing inter-observer agreement.

Mots clés: bronchoscopy; diagnostic; healthy volunteers; interstitial lung diseases; probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Mathieu Salaün, Florian Guisier, Stephane Dominique, Anne Genevois, Vincent Jounieaux, et al.. In vivo probe‐based confocal laser endomicroscopy in chronic interstitial lung diseases: Specific descriptors and correlation with chest CT. Respirology, 2019, 24 (8), pp.783-791. ⟨10.1111/resp.13507⟩. ⟨hal-02345343⟩