… Regional lung water density was measured using a fast multi-… reflects blood volume and is
not responsive to changes in flow… lung density must account for the change in T(2) (*) with 616 …

… reduced lung inflation of dependent lung regions due to … 14], regional pulmonary blood
volume [15,16,17], pulmonary … PET scan acquisition continued. Total acquisition time of the …

… Each animal underwent helical chest CT scan (… best regional lung compliance in the two
regions of the lung. PEEP is more likely to ensure an open lung approach without hyperinflation …

… particular microscopic aspects of pulmonary inflation, several … cyclic variations in regional
pulmonary blood volume during … lung imaging applications to pre-clinical animal studies. An …

… dog, we report 1 set of baseline end-expiratory images and 2 … suggesting a more physiologic
tidal inflation during the latter. … The evaluation of regional lung strains in one dog revealed a …

… lung units, and volutrauma, the repetitive over-inflation of the … by a ratio of pathologic regions
(index showing a value … key lung parameters including lung volume, pulmonary blood flow …

… decreased 2-3 times, and more than the lung density. Their … local effects of abdominal
contents on regional lung volumes … The animal study was reviewed and the study protocol was …

… The changes in regional blood volume distribution were … KES images in the same animal
at baseline (BL), after … Regional pulmonary perfusion, inflation, and ventilation defects in …

… region to dependent lung regions. In our model this effect reached its maximum at PEEP 9
cmH 2 … either signs of dependent lung recruitment and non-dependent hyperinflation, or by the …

… a gravitational gradient in regional lung tissue density[4] and … is on the effect of HPV in
humans and intact animal models. … , CT data demonstrate that pulmonary blood volume is also …