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· NEWS & VIEWS Functional imaging of the lung Two novel methods have been developed …

Preclinical imaging allows pulmonary researchers to study lung disease and pulmonary
drug delivery noninvasively and longitudinally in small animals. However, anatomically …

With advances in multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT), it is now possible to
image the lung in 10 s or less and accurately extract the lungs, lobes, and airway tree to the …

studies on normal physiological and pathological processes that take place in the lung are
hampered by the architecture and behavior of a living, breathing lung with a very complex …

Imaging of the lung is a mainstay of respiratory medicine. It provides local information about
morphology and function of the lung parenchyma that is unchallenged by other noninvasive …

Histological examination has always been the gold standard for the detection and
quantification of lung remodeling. However, this method has some limitations regarding the …

Pulmonary functional imaging may be defined as the regional quantification of lung function
by using primarily CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine techniques. The distribution of pulmonary …

Synchrotron radiation offers unique properties of coherence, utilized in phase-contrast
imaging, and high flux as well as a wide energy spectrum which allow the selection of very …

Dynamic heterogeneity in lung ventilation is an important measure of pulmonary function
and may be characteristic of early pulmonary disease. While standard indices like …

Abstract Purpose of Review The main goal of the article is to familiarize the reader with
commonly and uncommonly used nuclear medicine procedures that can significantly …