… In patients, dorsal versus ventral regions had a higher MRI … of the degree of inflation of the
lung, thus its density. For this … control lung size in a wider range compared to an animal study, …

… regional volumes and strains, PET enables the in vivo study … of extravascular lung water and
blood volume in the ROI may … lung capacity in pigs and observed major lung hyperinflation …

… that quantified regional pulmonary uptake of 18F-FDG [152]. … Therefore, changes in lung
density related to normal respiration can … for this blood volume fraction and air fraction effect, the …

… (PET) imaging, we showed during early lung injury that … to investigate relevant regional
lung inflation heterogeneity … across coronal planes, regional blood volume distribution, and …

… kernel density distribution of distances between lung … for each right lung region image at
10 cmH 2 O was mapped to a … study of regional, in vivo lung function in preclinical animal …

… Units (HU): hyperinflated (densities from −1000 to −900 HU), … hyperinflation and CMV
volumes, and animal pulmonary … concomitant hyperinflation (white) of aerated lung regions. …

… Inflation of the lungs throughout the CT scan is typically … with the region of interest used for
the volume reconstruction in … way to increase lung volume and decrease lung density and …

… held QCT scans, provide regional information as a repeatable … repeatable airway inflation
pressures at the time of scanning. … for each animal (21 HD, 21 TD 1 , and 21 TD 2 ) resulting in …

… in lung tissue density heterogeneity in regions of the lung that are … In sloth piston-like
diaphragmatic motions, and in dog lever-… , both due to changes in blood volume and the …

… Further novel findings from the current study are that regional … The mechanical effects of
hyperinflation [35] which is … However, our sample size is in keeping with other FDG PET studies …