PET enables not only visualization of the distribution of radiotracer, but also has ability to
quantify several biomedical functions. Compartmental model is a basic idea to analyze …

Delivery of therapeutic agents via the pulmonary route has gained significant attention over
the past few decades because this route of administration offers multiple advantages over …

The ability to visualize molecular processes and cellular regulators of complex pulmonary
diseases such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or adult …

Positron emission tomography (PET) provides three-dimensional images of the distributions
of radionuclides that have been inhaled or injected into the lungs. By using radionuclides …

Site-specific drug delivery and targeting attracts much research interest from both academia
and industry, but because of the many challenges faced in the development of these …

The utilisation of the Na/I symporter (NIS) and associated radiotracers as a reporter system
for imaging gene expression is now reaching the clinical setting in cancer gene therapy …

An emerging suite of new imaging techniques offer the ability to monitor and quantify
molecular and cellular processes in the lungs noninvasively. These techniques take …

This research offers a specific strategy for the management of a global health problem
associated with smoking addiction. Novel controlled release nicotine-loaded chitosan …

Experimental gene therapy is a promising strategy to prevent ischemia-reperfusion (I/R)
injury and allograft rejection after lung transplantation, and methods will eventually be …

Gene expression imaging is one form of molecular imaging used to visualize, characterize,
and quantify, spatially and temporally, normal as well as pathologic processes at cellular …