… In all three lung-injured animal groups, linear regression … open lung approach may lead to
hyperinflation of the baby lung… the volume of hyperinflated lung regions during the open lung …

… emission scans for tissue attenuation and to measure lung density (56). 134 … of lung
compliance within small regions of excised dog lungs 432 (45). More recently, imaging studies using …

… and density that occur with pulmonary edema may affect this Ppl … the Ppl in dependent L
regions as well as the Ppl gradient. … balloon inflation and by volume infusion in different animal. …

… whether the factors which control regional pulmonary … model, also pertain to the intact animal
studied without thoracotomy. … of the lung inflation in vivo and in excised fixed lungs, of the …

… cm 3 ), which was used to assess the ratios of the mean lung density in the injured versus
non-injured lungs from the CT scan and to determine the PBF from the PET scan (Figure 2). …

… The density of the lung at different degrees of inflation has been measured previously …
Regional lung densityand blood volume in nonsmoking and smoking subjects measured by PET…

… deformation of local lung volume (2). For example, if a local … density and microscopic
morphometry in pulmonary … Regional pulmonary perfusion, inflation, and ventilation defects in …

… regional differences in lung inflation that have a profound … , our calculated acinar
volume of 160 ± 29 mm 3 (Table 2) … animal studies have shown a difference in pressure-volume …

… In conclusion, in contrast to animal studies, in supine humans, mild exercise … regional
lung proton (water) density in units of grams H 2 O per milliliter … inflation were considered (Fig. …

… specific lung regions and to the entire lung. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate
the ability of FDG-PET … , a surrogate for differences in lung inflation, nor the initial volume of …