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To assess the ability of low-dose CT to detect and characterize the most common CT patterns of pulmonary disease.Sixty patients with nodules, consolidations or interstitial disease were scanned using a low-dose (128mm×0.6mm, 40 reference mAs, 120kVp) and standard-dose CT protocol (150 reference mAs, 120kVp). Two radiologists with 3 and 10 years of thoracic imaging experience searched both exams in...