The outcome of lung inflammation is important to host survival as lungs are necessary for
oxygen exchange and fighting pathogens or any injurious stimuli. Thus, diagnosing and …

Ozone (O3) is a highly potent and reactive air pollutant. It has been linked to acute and
chronic respiratory diseases in humans by inducing inflammation. Our studies have found …

Purpose To image inflammation and monitor therapeutic response to anti-inflammatory
intervention using 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose ([18F] FDG) positron emission …

Lungs are continually faced with direct and indirect insults in the form of sterile (particles or
reactive toxins) and infectious (bacterial, viral or fungal) inflammatory conditions. An …

Introduction Spatial heterogeneity of lung aeration and strain (change volume/resting
volume) occurs at microscopic levels and contributes to lung injury. Yet, it is mostly assessed …

Introduction Molecular imaging of the earliest events related to the development of acute
lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) could facilitate therapeutic …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common condition presenting to the
intensive care unit (ICU) and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Experimental …

This review focuses on methods to image acute lung inflammation with Positron Emission
Tomography (PET). Four approaches are discussed that differ for biologic function of the …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening lung injury characterized by
an acute inflammatory response in the lung parenchyma. Hence, it is considered as the most …

Pulmonary infection is a major cause of mortality and morbidity, and the magnitude of the
lung inflammatory response correlates with patient survival. Previously, we have shown that …