Regional lung hematocrit ratio (R) was measured in five normal subjects and five patients (2
with pneumonia, 2 with nephrotic syndrome with anemia, and 1 with pancreatitis) using …

During lung transplantation, a number of factors may cause endothelial injury to the donor
organ, including ischemia, inadequate preservation, cardiopulmonary bypass, high …

Pulmonary Perfusion and Density Gradients in Page 1 GENERAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE
Pulmonary Perfusion and Density Gradients in Healthy Volunteers Helen M. Almquist, John …

GORIN, ARNOLD BERNARD, We JEFFREY WEIDNER, ROBERT H. DEMLING, AND
NORMAN C. STAUB. Noninvasive measurement of pulmonary transvascular protein flux in …

This study evaluates the use of the"" Tc-DTPA aerosol lung clearance method to investigate
radiation-induced lung changes in eight patients undergoing radiotherapy for lung or breast …

Study objective To examine the effect of cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)
on pulmonary vascular permeability. Design A prospective, serial study. Setting Department …

We have measured regional pulmonary blood flow (PBF) in normal dogs with positron
emission tomography (PET) and 15O-labeled water (H2 (15) O). The method is …

A double isotope technique was used to measure changes in the vascular permeability
surface area product (PS) for albumin after irradiation. PS was measured in several tissues …

The natural history of change in pulmonary vascular permeability (PVP) during the adult
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is unknown. Therefore, we evaluated PVP by …

PET imaging with 18F-FDG followed by mathematic modeling of the pulmonary uptake rate
(Ki) is the gold standard for assessment of pulmonary inflammation in experimental studies …