CT-based assessment of regional pulmonary microvascular blood flow parameters

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2483-2493

  Won, Chulho ^a   Chon, Deokiee ^a   Tajik, Jehangir ^a   Tran, Binh Q ^a   Robinswood, G Blake ^a   Beck, Kenneth C ^a   Hoffman, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary mean transit times; Computed tomography; Deconvolution; Electron beam computed tomography; Lung; Multidetector computed tomography; Physiological imaging; Pulmonary blood flow; Pulmonary imaging; Pulmonary physiology; Regional perfusion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVITY; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038363381     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00688.2002     Document Type: Article

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