Celebrating 25 years of the Journal of Thoracic Imaging.

摘要

In 1985, Dr Eric Milne successfully launched the first issue of the Journal of Thoracic Imaging. This inaugural issue was a visionary symposium devoted to state-of-the-art reviews of what were then considered "new" techniques for imaging the thorax, including digital radiography, high-resolution computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography.Twenty-five years later, these same previously "new" techniques now comprise the mainstay of thoracic imaging. It is interesting to reflect on the many technological advances and new applications that have been developed for these techniques during the past quarter of a century. With this in mind, I would like to bring to your attention a series of special commentaries in which leading experts in these areas consider the articles from the inaugural issue and comment upon advances that have occurred during the past 25 years.