Our aim was to quantify the degree of pulmonary inflammation associated with centrilobular
emphysema using fluoro-18-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography …

Millions of people are affected by respiratory diseases, leading to a significant health burden
globally. Because of the current insufficient knowledge of the underlying mechanisms that …

Rationale: Neutrophilic inflammation is understood to be of pathogenetic importance in
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and may be quantified using 18 …

Purpose It has recently been recognized that PET/CT may play a role in diffuse parenchymal
lung disease. However, interpretation can be confounded due to the variability in lung …

Background An inflammatory reaction in the airways and lung parenchyma, comprised
mainly of neutrophils and alveolar macrophages, is present in some patients with chronic …

Regional lung density (LD) and lung water (LW) measurements were made with positron
transmission and emission tomography (PET) in normal and edematous lung in supine dogs …

Background Functional volumes computed from 68 Ga-ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) PET/CT,
which we have shown to correlate with pulmonary function test parameters (PFTs), have …

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 …

Recently, there has been an increased interest in imaging different pulmonary disorders
using PET techniques. Previous work has shown, for static PET/CT, that air content in the …

Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are routinely used to assess lung function, but they do not
provide information about regional pulmonary dysfunction. We aimed to assess correlation …