Synchrotron-based dynamic computed tomography of tissue motion for regional lung function measurement

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 74, 2012, Pages 2213-2224

  Dubsky, Stephen ^a   Hooper, Stuart B ^a   Siu, Karen K W ^a,b   Fouras, Andreas ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN SYNCHROTRON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Imaging; Lung function; Phase contrast; Tomography; Velocimetry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAMMALS; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

AIRFLOW DISTRIBUTION; BRONCHIAL TREE; CLINICAL CT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; DYNAMIC PROCESS; IN-VIVO; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFLATION; MAMMALIAN LUNGS; MECHANICAL FACTORS; PHASE CONTRASTS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RABBIT PUPS; REGIONAL DYNAMICS; REGIONAL LEVELS; REGIONAL LUNG FUNCTIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME CONSTANTS; TISSUE MOTION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SYNCHROTRON; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

MAMMALIA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84866168152     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0116     Document Type: Article

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