… tracer kinetics within a voxel can be formulated from a tracer … of tracer mass is equal to the
rate of tracer influx of the tracer by … of tracer removal by ventilation (VaCa) and by pulmonary …

… In this paper, we present a three-compartment tracer kinetic model that was used to assess
regional perfusion, shunt blood flow fraction, and specific alveolar ventilation of perfused and …

… of dynamic and functional techniques to … of tracer kinetics and for functional and physiological
aspects of imaging to be expanded in radiological training. Tracer, or indicator, kinetics can …

… pulmonary 18 F-FDG kinetics that includes an input function delay to account for tracer transport
between the site of plasma function … (ie, the regional pulmonary capillary blood pool). By …

… This review summarizes the problems and collective experiences in quantifying pulmonary
endothelial cell metabolic function in the intact organ. The influence of alterations in vascular …

… N 2 is carried through shunting units by the pulmonary blood flow, whereas it is … pulmonary
kinetics of a 13 N 2 –saline bolus, measured by PET during apnea (5, 6). This tracer kinetics …

The kinetics of alveolar-capillary CO 2 transfer was investigated, using 18 O-labeled carbon
dioxide (C 16 O 18 O), in 21 experiments on 2 resting human subjects. Single-breath …

… We hypothesized that the lungs, specifically the pulmonary capillary beds are sites of
simultaneous production and removal of pyruvate and contributes significantly to whole body …

… pulmonary function. We have developed a nonlinear lumped-parameter model to simulate
the regional kinetics of the tracer … heart and pulmonary vasculature through which the tracer is …

… pulmonary tracer kinetics by a compartment model specifically designed to reflect lung 18
F-FDG kinetics … This may be problematic for modeling pulmonary 18 F-FDG, because little is …