MATERIALSAND METHODS Thirty-eight patients infected with the human immunodefi
ciency virus (HIV) and suspected of having opportunistic lung infection, and 12 patients with …

A new technique using quantitative transmission radiography affords a clinical assessment
of regional pulmonary function in man. This has been useful as an adjunct to perfusion lung …

The pulmonary clearance rate of aerosolized and deposited [99mTc] DTPA is used to
assess pulmonary epithelial permeability to solutes. To evaluate whether it is necessary to …

MATERIALS AND METHODS The gamma scintillation camera (Searle Radio graphics
Pho/Gamma HP) is equipped with a paral lel or converging multihole collimator, as preferred …

METHODS The study group is composed of 42 patients. Each of 33 successive patients with
a defect in the per fusion scintigram had a ventilation study performed within 24 hr. In …

THE PULMONARY SCAN with radioactive particulate material has been proved to be an
effective and easy method to demonstrate the pulmonary blood flow by radioisotope …

T HE response of the tissues of the lung to cancericidal levels of ionizing radiation forms a
complex pattern of differential damage and repair. The remarkable reserve capacity of the …

METHODS Study design The data base that was accumulated included cases from medical
centers throughout the United States, with the distribution consisting of community hospi tals …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 1970 and 1974, two female and three male children
with BPS were studied with radionu clide angiography at the Children's Memorial Hos pital …

The recent development of lung scanning with 5–50 μ, size aggregates of human serum
albumin I31 has demonstrated the feasibility of scanning methods in evaluating pulmonary …