Spatial heterogeneity of lung perfusion assessed with 13N PET as a vascular biomarker in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-65

  Vidal Melo, Marcos F ^a   Winkler, Tilo ^a   Harris, R Scott ^a   Musch, Guido ^a   Greene, Reginald E ^a   Venegas, Jose G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Length scale analysis; Positron emission tomography; Pulmonary circulation; Pulmonary gas exchange

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NITROGEN 13;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SUPINE POSITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149152375     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.065185     Document Type: Article

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