Visualizing lung function with positron emission tomography

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 448-458

  Harris, R Scott ^a   Schuster, Daniel P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Perfusion; Permeability; Tracer; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 33846194561     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00763.2006     Document Type: Review

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