[en] The major function of the lung is to exchange the respiratory gases, and carbon dioxide.
This vital process is accomplished through the regional matching of ventilation to perfusion …

Positron emission tomography using the ECAT II scanner to image and measure regional
lung function is outlined. The combined use of transmission and emission imaging provides …

In many ways, the lung is an ideal organ for study with positron emission tomography (PET).
First, structure-function relations are homogeneous over larger areas than in other organs …

[en] The principal advantage of positron emission tomography is the ability to provide
quantitative measurements of the tissue concentration of positron emitting isotopes in a …

This thesis deals with a method of functional lung imaging using Positron Emission
Tomography (PET). In this technique, a radioactive tracer, nitrogen-13, is dissolved in saline …

[en] The early application of positron emission tomography in the lung was mainly
concerned with the investigation of the regional volume of the vascular and extravascular …

Several new imaging modalities that will be used clinically or in the research laboratory to
study pulmonary diseases are being developed. These new techniques include single …

Positron emission tomography is a major technological advance in the characterisation of
structure-function relationships within and between regions in normal and abnormal lungs …

Positron emission tomography (PET) provides three-dimensional images of the distributions
of radionuclides that have been inhaled or injected into the lungs. By using radionuclides …

Positron emission tomography and appropriately labeled, short-lived radiopharmaceuticals
can be used to study a variety of physiologic processes within the lung. Recently, methods …