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Functional imaging: CT and MRI
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Functional imaging: CT and MRI

Edwin J R van Beek and Eric A Hoffman
Clinics in chest medicine, Vol.29(1), pp.195-216
03/2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2007.12.003
PMCID: PMC2435287
PMID: 18267192
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https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/478c2780-088d-42f6-81d1-0089e5a9e47bView
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Abstract

Numerous imaging techniques permit evaluation of regional pulmonary function. Contrast-enhanced CT methods now allow assessment of vasculature and lung perfusion. Techniques using spirometric controlled multi-detector row CT allow for quantification of presence and distribution of parenchymal and airway pathology; xenon gas can be employed to assess regional ventilation of the lungs, and rapid bolus injections of iodinated contrast agent can provide a quantitative measure of regional parenchymal perfusion. Advances in MRI of the lung include gadolinium-enhanced perfusion imaging and hyperpolarized gas imaging, which allow functional assessment, including ventilation/perfusion, microscopic air space measurements, and gas flow and transport dynamics.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - instrumentation Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods Lung Diseases - pathology Lung Diseases - diagnostic imaging Tomography, X-Ray Computed - instrumentation

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