Functional lung imaging /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lipson, David, Beek, Edwin J. R. van
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, 2005.
Series:Lung biology in health and disease ; v. 200.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Chest radiography, fluoroscopy, angiography, and pulmonary function testing
  • Computed tomography : introduction to CT imaging
  • CT ventilation imaging : technical background and impact in acute lung injury and ARDS management
  • Imaging respiratory mechanics
  • Pulmonary CT angiography
  • Introduction to magnetic resonance imaging
  • Noble gas ventilation imaging using ³He and ¹²⁹Xe : an introduction
  • Dynamic imaging of the lung ventilation with hyperpolarized gas MRI
  • Oxygen-enhanced ventilation imaging
  • MR angiography and direct thrombus imaging for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
  • Gadolinium-enhanced MR perfusion imaging
  • Proton perfusion imaging
  • Intravascular imaging using hyperpolarized nuclei
  • Combined MR ventilation/perfusion imaging
  • Assessment of human lung microstructure with hyperpolarized ³He diffusion MRI
  • Regional oxygen balance
  • PET imaging of infection and inflammatory lung disease
  • Metabolic imaging for assessing solitary pulmonary nodules
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
  • Asthma : assessment of lung ventilation with hyperpolarized helium-3 MR imaging
  • The role of computed tomography in emphysema and lung volume reduction surgery
  • Emphysema/Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
  • Sleep apnea
  • Solitary pulmonary nodule
  • Cystic fibrosis : radiologic considerations
  • Lung transplantation