Purpose: The Cancer Imaging Program of the National Cancer Institute convened a
workshop to assess the current status of hypoxia imaging, to assess what is known about the …

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 …

In this issue of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, the article
by Antunes et al., entitled “Are radiogallium-labelled DOTA-conjugated somatostatin …

Abstract Learning Objectives After completing this course, the reader will be able to: Discuss
the principles of perfusion imaging with H215O-PET and DCE-MRI. Compare the differences …

The ventilation/perfusion lung scan has been in continuous use for approximately half a
century, the same lifetime as Seminars in Nuclear Medicine. Remarkably, the founding …

Gallium-68 (68 Ga) is a positron-emitting radionuclide suitable for positron emission
tomography (PET) imaging that has a number of convenient features—it has a physical half …

Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is a noninvasive, quantitative method to
assess pulmonary perfusion and ventilation in vivo. The core of this article focuses on the …

Objective: To assess the value of serum protein levels for differentiating permeability
pulmonary edema in the course of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) from …

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 …

Acute lung injury is a general term that describes injurious conditions that can range from
mild interstitial edema to massive inflammatory tissue destruction. This review will cover …