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 …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to review currently available and emerging
techniques for pediatric lung MRI for general radiologists. CONCLUSION. MRI is a radiation …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by elevated pulmonary arterial pressure
caused by a broad spectrum of congenital and acquired disease processes, which are …

Objectives To provide an overview of recent research in fractal analysis of tissue perfusion
imaging, using standard radiological and nuclear medicine imaging techniques including …

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 …

In recent years, the development of CFTR modulator therapies. such as ivacaftor,
tezacaftor/ivacaftor, and elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor, has significantly improved the …

In recent years, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, a noninvasive imaging modality, has
been receiving a lot of attention and is particularly attractive for children, mainly because …

Many of the structures and parameters that are detected, measured and reported in
cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) have at least some properties that are fractal …

PFI Pulmonary Functional Imaging (PFI) refers to visualization and measurement of
ventilation, perfusion, gas flow and exchange as well as biomechanics. In this review, we …

A close interaction between the respiratory pump, pulmonary parenchyma and blood
circulation is essential for a normal lung function. Many pulmonary diseases present …