What Has Computed Tomography Taught Us about the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?
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Purpose Imaging has become increasingly important across medical specialties for
diagnostic, monitoring, and investigative purposes in acute respiratory distress syndrome …

A novel method for dynamic ventilation imaging of the full respiratory cycle from four-
dimensional computed tomography (4D CT) acquired without added contrast is presented …

Objective: Pulmonary edema is a severe and often life-threatening condition. The diagnosis
of pulmonary edema and its quantification have great clinical significance and yet can be …

Objective: Neutrophilic inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI). Positron emission …

Purpose: F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) may accumulate at sites of inflammation or
infection, making interpretation of whole-body scans difficult in patients with cancer …

Ventilation–perfusion (V/Q) scintigraphy is established for regional assessment of lung
function in a variety of diseases, including pulmonary embolism (PE). PET/CT may further …

Microvascular disease plays critical roles in the dysfunction of all organ systems, and there
are many methods available to assess the microvasculature. These methods can either …

Over the past few years, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged as an important
instrument for functional ventilation imaging. The aim of this review is to summarize …

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) field and, in particular utilization of 68Ga radiometal is
getting momentum. The development of new imaging agents for targeted, pre-targeted, non …