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A Model for Assessing Bronchial Mucus Transport

Departments of Medical Physics and Thoracic Medicine, Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine, London NW3

Correspondence: For reprints contact: J. E. Agnew, MSc, Dept. of Med, Phys., Royal Free Hospital, Pond St., London NW3 2QG.

ABSTRACT

We propose a scheme for the assessment of regional mucus transport using inhaled Tc-99m aerosol particles and quantitative analysis of serial gamma-camera images. The model treats input to inner and intermediate lung regions as the total of initial deposition there plus subsequent transport into these regions from more peripheral airways. It allows for interregional differences in the proportion of particles deposited on the mucus-bearing conducting airways, and does not require a gamma image 24 hr after particle inhalation. Instead, distribution of particles reaching the respiratory bronchioles or alveoli is determined from a Kr-81m ventilation image, while the total amount of such deposition is obtained from 24-hr Tc-99m retention measured with a sensitive counter system. The model is applicable to transport by mucociliary action or by cough, and has been tested in ten normal and ten asthmatic subjects.

FOOTNOTES

^* Present address: Derby Chest Clinic, Green Land, Derby ED1 1RX, England.

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