In order to confirm the accuracy of ECT (emission computed tomography) scanning imaging in the diagnosis of lung histoplasmosis is higher than CT (computed tomography) scan. We retrospect a lung histoplasmosis patient, he was examined by the CT scan and ECT scanning, respectively. Results showed that lung cancer for CT diagnosis and large benign lesions for F-FDG (F-fluorodeoxyglucose) ECT diag...

Litzlbauer, Horst Detlef, Christoph Neuhaeuser, Alexander Moell, Susanne Greschus, Andreas Breithecker, Folker Ernst Franke, Wolfgang Kummer, and Wigbert Stephan Rau. Threedimensional imaging and morphometric analysis of alveolar tissue from microfocal X-ray-computed tomography. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 291: L535–L545, 2006. First published May 5, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00088.2005....

Background and Aim: Bone density is of great assistance in the selection of the proper implant site. The present study aimed to assess the correlation between tissue densities in computed tomography (CT) and three different cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) units. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, a radiographic phantom consisting of a transparent polymethyl methacrylate (PM...

Using ultrafast computed tomography, we have developed a technique for measuring local ventilation in a volume of 1 cm3 in the normal supine lung. The technique employs the inert gas xenon in its nonradioactive form and makes use of its radiopaque properties. The inhalation of xenon results in changes in density which can be detected and measured in Hounsfield units using ultrafast computed tom...

This review provides a summary of pulmonary functional imaging approaches for determining pulmonary ventilation, with a specific focus on multi-detector x-ray computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We provide the important functional definitions of pulmonary ventilation typically used in medicine and physiology and discuss the fact that some of the imaging literature describe...

OBJECTIVE In this prospectively planned interim-analysis, the prevalence of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) phenotypes was determined using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and X-ray computed tomography (CT) in non-small-cell-lung-cancer (NSCLC) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Stage-III-NSCLC patients provided written informed consent for pulmonary function tests, imaging and the 6-mi...