Purpose: To assess if dual-energy computed tomographic pulmonary angiography
(DECTPA) derived lobar iodine quantification can provide an accurate estimate of lobar …

Purpose To evaluate dual-source and split-beam filter multi-energy chest CT in assessing
pulmonary perfusion on a lobar level in patients with lung emphysema, using perfusion …

Objectives The objective of this study was to determine whether automated quantification of
lung perfused blood volume (PBV) in dual-energy computed tomographic pulmonary …

Objectives: To know whether contrast-enhanced dual-energy computed tomography
angiography (DECTA) can be used for simultaneous assessment of emphysema …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether lung perfusion scintigraphy (LPS)
contributes to the preoperative classification of emphysema heterogeneity in patients …

Purpose: In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary vascular alteration is
one of the characteristic features. Recently, software has been used for the quantification of …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to prospectively and directly compare capability
of O2-enhanced MRI, MDCT, and perfusion SPECT/CT to clinical outcome measurements in …

PURPOSE: To directly compare the capabilities of perfusion scan, SPECT, co-registered
SPECT/CT, and quantitatively and qualitatively assessed MDCT (ie quantitative CT and …

Background: Endoscopic lung volume reduction (ELVR) using one-way endobronchial
valves is a technique to reduce hyperinflation in patients with severe emphysema by …

Objective The aim of this study was to assess the enhancement of lung parenchyma on dual‐
energy (DE) computed tomogram (CT) by comparing attenuation between routine post …