New 133Xe gas trapping index for quantifying severe emphysema before partial lung volume reduction
JJ Mathews, AH Maurer, RM Steiner… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
Lung volume reduction (LVR) is an effective therapy for end-stage emphysema. Preliminary
and postprocedure imaging is usually limited to CT for anatomic delineation of the location …
and postprocedure imaging is usually limited to CT for anatomic delineation of the location …
Lung perfusion scintigraphy prior to lung volume reduction surgery
K Cederlund, S Högberg, L Jorfeldt, F Larsen… - Acta …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether lung perfusion scintigraphy (LPS)
contributes to the preoperative classification of emphysema heterogeneity in patients …
contributes to the preoperative classification of emphysema heterogeneity in patients …
Quantitation of regional ventilation during the washout phase of lung scintigraphy: measurement in patients with severe COPD before and after bilateral lung volume …
JM Travaline, AH Maurer, ND Charkes, JL Urbain… - Chest, 2000 - Elsevier
Study objectives We sought to investigate the effectof lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS)
on regional lungventilation. Design Retrospective analysis ofroutinely acquired data before …
on regional lungventilation. Design Retrospective analysis ofroutinely acquired data before …
Lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema: correlation of CT and V/Q imaging with physiologic mechanisms of improvement in lung function
AR Hunsaker, EP Ingenito, JJ Reilly, P Costello - Radiology, 2002 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To compare the relationship between computer-derived and visually assessed
ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scintigraphy and computed tomographic (CT) scores in …
ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scintigraphy and computed tomographic (CT) scores in …
Role of lung perfusion scintigraphy in relation to chest computed tomography and pulmonary function in the evaluation of candidates for lung volume reduction …
R Thurnheer, H Engel, W Weder… - American journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
Lung perfusion scintigraphy is employed to evaluate patients with severe emphysema who
are candidates for lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS). Our purpose was to investigate …
are candidates for lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS). Our purpose was to investigate …
Repeatability of quantitative CT indexes of emphysema in patients evaluated for lung volume reduction surgery
DS Gierada, RD Yusen, TK Pilgram, L Crouch… - Radiology, 2001 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To evaluate the repeatability of quantitative computed tomographic (CT) indexes
of emphysema and the effect of spirometric gating of lung volume during CT in candidates …
of emphysema and the effect of spirometric gating of lung volume during CT in candidates …
Characterization of 133Xe gas washout in pulmonary emphysema with dynamic 133Xe SPECT functional images
K Suga, Y Kawakami, T Yamashita, M Zaki… - Nuclear medicine …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To characterize regional ventilation impairment of pulmonary emphysema using
dynamic 133 Xe single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) functional images …
dynamic 133 Xe single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) functional images …
Functional evaluation of lung by Xe-133 lung ventilation scintigraphy before and after lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) in patients with pulmonary emphysema.
T Kurose, Y Okumura, S Sato… - Acta Medica …, 2004 - ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp
We evaluated the respiratory functions of patients with pulmonary emphysema who
underwent lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) by the mean transit time (MTT) with Xe …
underwent lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) by the mean transit time (MTT) with Xe …
Influence of CT reconstruction settings on extremely low attenuation values for specific gas volume calculation in severe emphysema
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Emphysema is characterized by lung tissue destruction
and trapped gas. On computed tomographic (CT) images, this may be expressed by …
and trapped gas. On computed tomographic (CT) images, this may be expressed by …
Visual grading of emphysema severity in candidates for lung volume reduction surgery: Comparison between HRCT, spiral CT and" density-masked" images
K Cederlund, L Bergstrand, S Högberg… - Acta …, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
AbstractPurpose: To investigate which of three types of CT imaging yielded the best results
in estimating the degree of emphysema in patients undergoing evaluation for lung volume …
in estimating the degree of emphysema in patients undergoing evaluation for lung volume …
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