High resolution CT (HRCT) of the lungs has specific terminology relating to pulmonary anatomy with which one needs to be comfortable.
Terms include:
- secondary pulmonary lobule
- pulmonary acinus
- interlobular septa
- intralobular septa
- centrilobular region
- peribronchovascular interstitium
- interstitial thickening
- ground glass changes
- reticulation
- nodular patterns
- special features