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 …

Multiple thoracic imaging modalities have been developed to link structure to function in the
diagnosis and monitoring of lung disease. Volumetric computed tomography (CT) renders …

Background The literature on ventilation (V) and lung perfusion (Q) distributions during
general anesthesia and controlled mechanical ventilation in supine and prone position is …

Already established as a'classic'in the field, Clinical Tests of Respiratory Function presents
an authoritative yet accessible account of this complex area, fusing the basic principles of …

This study aims to assess regional ventilation, nonlinearity, and hysteresis of human lungs
during dynamic breathing via image registration of four-dimensional computed tomography …

Purpose To derive lobar ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) using a rapid time-series hyperpolarized xenon-129 (HPX) magnetic resonance …

Tissue deformation plays an important role in lung physiology, as lung parenchyma largely
deforms during spontaneous ventilation. However, excessive regional deformation may lead …

Although widely used for many years in the assessment of pulmonary embolism, planar
ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scintigraphy has well-recognized limitations. Single-photon …

We used quantitative single photon emission computed tomography to estimate the
proportion of the observed redistribution of blood flow and ventilation that is due to lung …