… rodents, it is important to develop and use functional imaging methods to complement other
imaging … In this chapter, we review some current methods for functional imaging of the lungs …

… function and disease. The widespread availability of multimodal animal imaging systems …
have empowered researchers to noninvasively study lung function and pulmonary disorders. …

… on respiratory function could be considerably augmented by this lung function imaging …
that we can reliably measure biomarkers of lung function using a clinically adapted method for …

… imaging devices now make it possible to generate both structural and functional images for
the study of lung … PET imaging of transgene expression is possible in rodent lungs (Figure 6) …

… Nonetheless, ex vivo ventilated lungs have been used as a … and perfused rodent lungs to
study lung vascular function and to … In addition isolated and perfused murine lungs have been …

… routinely modeled in rodents, a means of monitoring the changes in the structure and
function of the rodent lung is desired. High-resolution images of the rodent lung can be attained …

… /functional changes of lung parenchyma in small live rodents. On the other hand, the
above-described inherent difficulties associated with lung MR imaging… in terms of image …

… and novel developments in imaging, lung functional testing and pathological techniques …
animal models (mainly rodents) to unravel disease processes in the lung. Although these and …

… would help to bridge the gap between functional images of the lung and its underlying …
the components of rodent lung anatomy. Contrast-enhanced microCT images were used to …

… The availability of genetically altered rodent models of human disease and the increasing …
extraordinary interest in functional imaging in the rodent. The primary function of the lung is to …