Early in the last century, JS Haldane observed,“It is probable indeed that in some way or
other the air supply is proportioned to the blood supply, whether by regulation through the …

The expansion of scientific knowledge and technology over the past decades did not result
in an increased rate of drug discoveries for respiratory diseases. Despite the identification of …

Pulmonary fibrosis is the replacement of healthy tissue by an excessive deposition of
extracellular matrix components leading to an irreversible destruction of the lung …

The recent resurgence of interest in the use of intravital microscopy in lung research is a
manifestation of extraordinary progress in visual imaging and optical microscopy. This …

With the incidence of respiratory diseases increasing throughout the world, new therapies
are needed. This review provides a short overview of different imaging techniques of interest …

Obstructive, interstitial, infectious and malignant lung diseases remain among the most
important health challenges and novel or improved therapeutic strategies are essential for …

For a long time, imaging of the chest was based on the use of either radiography,
demonstrating lung morphology, or scintigraphy, looking at lung function. However, as a …

Interest from pharmaceutical and genomic industries is expanding the field of laboratory
animals imaging because responses to novel drugs and phenotypic aberrations in …

The techniques for CT evaluation of the airway are directed at improving both the detection
and measurement of structural changes as well as providing quantitative measures of …

Multiple thoracic imaging modalities have been developed to link structure to function in the
diagnosis and monitoring of lung disease. Volumetric computed tomography (CT) renders …