Regional measurements of tissue isotope concentration, made using positron emission
tomography (PET), allow tracer models to be used in a quantitative manner to provide …

Positron emission tomography (PET) enables the concentration of positron-emitting isotopes
to be measured quantitatively in vivo. It is also possible to measure the physical density of …

Patients with acute lung injury may benefit from the manipulation of pulmonary blood flow
using inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) to optimise ventilation/perfusion matching. Current …

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Positron emission tomography (PET) is a minimally
invasive imaging modality that provides three-dimensional distribution data for a radioactive …

Objective: The common denominator in most forms of ventilator-induced lung injury is an
intense inflammatory response mediated by neutrophils. PET with [18 F] fluoro-2-deoxy-D …

Purpose Our group has previously reported on the use of 68 Ga-ventilation/perfusion (VQ)
PET/CT scanning for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. We describe here the …

Regional pulmonary blood flow (PBF), regional pulmonary extravascular water (PEW), and
regional pulmonary blood volume (PBV) were measured quantitatively with positron …

Methods currently used to assess lung and airway inflammation are often poorly
quantitative, invasive, nonspecific, or insensitive. Positron emission tomography (PET) with …

Nuclear medicine plays a major role in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism as well as in
other lung diseases. Important innovations have concerned in recent years the equipment …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this review is to describe the current experimental and clinical
data regarding the fundamentals and applications of 18F-FDG PET during acute lung injury …