Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the cellular and molecular foundations of
pulmonary edema. The study of lung endothelium evolved from an early focus on barrier …

In most diseases of the lung, both function and structure are spatially heterogeneous. As a
result, global measures of lung function obtained from measurements at the mouth may be …

The possibility and promise of being able to follow the expression of biology modifying
genes noninvasively in whole animals, including humans, is one of the most exciting …

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Allergic asthma is characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness and lung inflammation. To
better understand disease pathophysiology, lung inflammation is monitored in animal …

The current state of the art lung imaging tools are incapable of assessing lung function and
respiratory airflows during highly complex and dynamic biological events. To better …

In most diseases of the lung, both function and structure are spatially heterogeneous. As a
result, global measures of lung function obtained from measurements at the mouth may be …

PET imaging is an attractive technique to study patients with acute lung injury (ALI) and
acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) because of its non-invasiveness, its potential to …

Neutrophilic inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI). Positron emission tomography (PET) with [F] …