Heterogeneity and matching of ventilation and perfusion within anatomical lung units in rats

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 594-606

  Glenny, Robb W ^a   Bauer, Christian ^b   Hofmanninger, Johannes ^c   Lamm, Wayne J ^a   Krueger, Melissa A ^a   Beichel, Reinhard R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Functional unit of gas exchange; Gas exchange; Imaging; Regional pulmonary blood flow; Regional ventilation; Ventilation perfusion matching

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; MICROSPHERE;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOMATION; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG LOBE; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF GAS EXCHANGE; GAS EXCHANGE; IMAGING; REGIONAL PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW; REGIONAL VENTILATION; VENTILATION-PERFUSION MATCHING;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 84888012400     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.07.027     Document Type: Article

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