… Positron emission tomography is a major technological advance in the characterisation of
structure-function relationships within and between regions in normal and abnormal lungs (…

… Positron emission tomography (PET) has developed as a technique that can help accurately
determine the distribution of positron-emitting radionuclides. Scanners that are sensitive for …

… , the size of which approaches the intrinsic resolution for PET images of 13 NN 2 in the lung
(∼7 mm for a multiring camera). This model was later refined (48) and compared with data …

… γ-camera) became available. A major recent advance has been the development of positron
… is variable in the case of the lung) and the kinetic energy of the positron. The result of the …

… camera images of the lungs of a healthy participant (a) and someone with cystic fibrosis with
approximately 50% lung … of the positron emitter 18 F, at 109 min, is suitable for lung imaging …

… to generate both structural and functional images for the study of lung biology in small …
positron emission tomography scanners, highly sensitive cooled charge coupled device cameras …

… ) is a positron-emitting radionuclide suitable for positron emission … cameras and SPECT
reconstruction algorithms. In short, PET scanning provides numerous potential benefits for lung V/…

… photon emission CT (SPECT) cameras to image positron-emitting radionuclides are being …
is completely surrounded by lung parenchyma (T1), or invading adjacent structures, including …

… The biodistribution of positron-emitting tracers can be measured in vivo using a PET camera.
Positron-emitting isotopes such as fluorine 18 have an excess of protons and are, therefore…

… Here positron emission tomographic imaging data sensitive to ventilation heterogeneity
is … of the PET camera, in that study we did not scan the entire lung structure and could not …