Background Surgical intervention for lung resection can cause ventilation-perfusion
mismatches and affect gas exchange; however, minimally invasive assessment of blood flow …

Background Accurate prediction of postoperative pulmonary function is important for
ensuring the safety of patients undergoing radical resection for lung cancer. Dynamic …

Background Accurate perioperative risk assessment can enhance the perioperative
management of patients undergoing radical surgery for lung cancer. In this study, we …

Background Functional lung volume (FLV) obtained from computed tomography images was
a breakthrough for lung imaging and functional assessment. We compared the accuracy of …

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BACKGROUND. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and perfusion scintigraphy have limited …

Purpose The aim of our study was to retrospectively evaluate postoperative physiologic
changes in lung cancer patients using dual-energy CT (DECT), and develop modified …

Background While many studies have evaluated the change in lung volume before and after
lung resection and correlated this with pulmonary function test results, there is very little …

Objectives The study objectives were to assess the accuracy of volumetric computed
tomography to predict postoperative lung function in patients with lung cancer in relation to …

OBJECTIVES To clarify differences in postoperative changes in systemic and regional
pulmonary functions between segmentectomy and lobectomy in patients with lung cancer …

Background To evaluate the effectiveness of the computed tomographic (CT) volumetric
analysis in postoperative lung function assessment and the predicting value for …