… in lung density from the transmission scans. Vidal Melo et al. (90) evaluated the ability of the
13 NN 2 -saline bolus technique of V̇a/Q̇ measurement to predict arterial blood gases in …

… Quantitative measurement of regional extravascular lung density using positron emission
and transmission tomography. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1981; 5: 783–791. 5. …

… Radiation-induced pneumonitis and subsequent fibrosis is detected radiologically through
increased lung density. Changes in density in the present study are similar to those observed …

… regional extravascular lung water in dogs with positron emission … lung water and hematocrit
determined by positron emission … Application of positron emission tomography in the lung. In: …

… Quantitative measurement of regional extravascular lung density using positron emission
andtransmission tomography. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1981;5:783-91. 8 Brudin LH, Rhodes …

… However, low density structures, such as lungs and tracheal branching at the carina, are
well visualized. Since the PET transmission images contain anatomical details, it is these …

… As expected, abnormalities in lung permeability have not … Recently our laboratory has
reported that positron emission … , can only evaluate total and not extravascular lung density. …

… In the current study, neither overall lung density, a surrogate for differences in lung inflation,
nor the initial volume of distribution of [ 18 F]FDG (as measured by the Patlak intercept) was …

This article reviews the potential use of positron emission tomography (PET), alone and in
combination with computed tomography, for evaluating the severity of disease in cystic fibrosis…

… radioactivity from regions of lower density, with the effect more noticeable for radionuclides
with high-energy positron emission. When the low-density regions are considered to have …