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Table 2 Imaging methods used in the evaluation of diseases associated with exposure to environmental pollution

From: Imaging methods used in the assessment of environmental disease networks: a brief review for clinicians

Imaging method

Environmental disease

Radiography

1. Smoke inhalation

 USG

Carotid arteries ultrasonography

2. Myocardial infarction

Brachial artery ultrasonography

3. Arterial hypertension

Aorta ultrasonography

4. Chronic inflammatory bowel disease

Echocardiography

5. Heart failure

 Computed tomography

6. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis

  Magnetic resonance imaging

Anatomical Magnetic resonance (AMR)

7. Changes in neurodevelopment caused by pesticide exposure

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)

8. Changes in neurodevelopment caused by lead exposure

Functional magnetic resonance (fMRI)

9. Tobacco smoke neurotoxicity in children

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

10. Pesticide neurotoxicity