The noninvasive assessment of lung function using imaging is increasingly of interest for the
study of lung diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and …

Chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), represent a major social and economic burden for worldwide health systems …

Over the past few decades, pulmonary imaging technologies have advanced from chest
radiography and nuclear medicine methods to high-spatial-resolution or low-dose chest CT …

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic inflammatory
disorders of the respiratory tract that are characterized by airflow limitation. They are distinct …

Emission tomography provides three-dimensional, quantitative images of the distribution of
radiotracers used to mark physiological, metabolic, or pathological processes. Quantitative …

From the first measurements of the distribution of pulmonary blood flow using radioactive
tracers by West and colleagues (J Clin Invest 40: 1–12, 1961) allowing gravitational …

Direct delivery to the lung via inhalation is arguably one of the most logical approaches to
treat lung cancer using drugs. However, despite significant efforts and investment in this …

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 …

Abstract Ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) matching, the regional matching of the flow of fresh gas
to flow of deoxygenated capillary blood, is the most important mechanism affecting the …

Assessment of regional pulmonary perfusion as well as nodule and tumor perfusions in
various pulmonary diseases are currently performed by means of nuclear medicine studies …