Respiratory ailments continue to pose a formidable challenge to public health. The
respiratory system is a delicate interplay of muscle contraction, pressure gradients and a …

Every day, clinicians use imaging to diagnose disease and to assist in therapeutic decision-
making. The value of anatomic imaging of lung structure with X-ray computed tomography …

Lung diseases are a major burden of public health especially in developed countries and
therefore continue to be an active interest in preclinical and clinical research. Due to the …

Fibrosis is a general term to describe diseases that lead to an increase of connective tissue.
This may lead to tissue remodelling, formation of permanent scar tissue and changes in the …

Have you ever noticed the impact of images? As you pick up a textbook, read a paper, or
review a grant, have you noticed how your eye and mind quickly grasp and capture pictures …

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

Introduction: Mechanical ventilation exposes the lung to stress that can lead to Ventilator-
Induced Lung Injury (VILI). The exact mechanisms leading to VILI at the acinar level remain …

In mice, along with the assessment of eosinophils, lung function measurements, most
commonly carried out by plethysmography, are essential to monitor the course of allergic …

Cross-modal Imaging in Lung Research: From µCT dosimetry to synchrotron phase contrast
microtomography biomechanical insights i Page 1 Cross-modal Imaging in Lung Research …

Objectives. As the central organ of the respiratory system, the human lung is responsible for
supplying oxygen to the blood, which reaches the erythrocytes by diffusion through the …