Regional lung blood flow and ventilation in upright humans studied with quantitative SPECT

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-60

  Petersson, Johan ^a,b   Rohdin, Malin ^b   Sánchez Crespo, Alejandro ^a,c   Nyrén, Sven ^a   Jacobsson, Hans ^a   Larsson, Stig A ^a,c   Lindahl, Sten G E ^a,b   Linnarsson, Dag ^b   Neradilek, Blazej ^d   Polissar, Nayak L ^d   Glenny, Robb W ^a,b,e   Mure, Margareta ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Mountain Whisper Light Statistical Consulting   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung blood flow; Regional perfusion; Single photon emission computed tomography; SPECT; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

INDIUM 113M; MACROSALB IN 113M; TECHNEGAS; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STANDING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; MALE; POSTURE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949199812     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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