Pulmonary functional imaging modalities such as computed tomography, magnetic
resonance imaging and nuclear imaging can quantitatively assess regional lung functional …

This is a particularly exciting era for thoracic imaging. Rapidly evolving technical advances
in CT and MR are enabling increasingly sophisticated capabilities for pulmonary functional …

Pulmonary functional imaging may be defined as the regional quantification of lung function
by using primarily CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine techniques. The distribution of pulmonary …

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 …

Dynamic heterogeneity in lung ventilation is an important measure of pulmonary function
and may be characteristic of early pulmonary disease. While standard indices like …

As pulmonary functional imaging moves beyond the realm of the radiologist and physicist, it
is important that imagers have a common language and understanding of the relevant …

Morphological evaluation of the lung is important in the clinical evaluation of pulmonary
diseases. However, the disease process, especially in its early phases, may primarily result …

The morphological evaluation of the lung is important in the clinical evaluation of pulmonary
diseases. However, the disease process may primarily result in change in pulmonary …

Functional lung imaging has the potential to offer many new insights into mechanisms of
pulmonary disease. While the physiologist has access to a number of techniques to evaluate …

Recent advances in imaging analysis have enabled evaluation of ventilation and perfusion
in specific regions by chest computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging …