BACKGROUND In radiotherapy, temporary translocations of the internal organs and tumor induced by respiratory and cardiac activities can undesirably lead to significantly lower radiation dose on the targeted tumor but more harmful radiation on surrounding healthy tissues. Respiratory and cardiac gated radiotherapy offers a potential solution for the treatment of tumors located in the upper thora...

Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing. During an asthma attack, a bronchospasm occurs. In order to overcome increased resistance of airways forced breathing is necessary. It affects the intrapleural pressure, blood volume within the thoracic cavity and therefore it may affect also impedance pneumography signal. We tried to imitate asthma-l...

INTRODUCTION The within-breath analysis of respiratory mechanics by the monofrequency Forced Oscillation Technique (mFOT) is of great interest in both physiopathology studies and the diagnosis of respiratory diseases. However, there are limited data on the use of this technique in the analysis of asthma. This study evaluates within-breath mechanics of asthmatic individuals and the contribution ...

BACKGROUND Impedance measurements by the forced pseudo random noise oscillation technique can be used to study the mechanical characteristics of the respiratory system. The objective of this study was to analyse the changes in impedance to a cold air provocation test in patients with asthma, and to correlate these changes with those in the forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1). METHOD...

The ability to maintain adequate gas exchange depends on the relatively homogeneous distribution of inhaled gas throughout the lung. Structural alterations associated with many respiratory diseases may significantly depress this function during tidal breathing. These alterations frequently occur in a heterogeneous manner due to complex, emergent interactions among the many constitutive elements...

BACKGROUND Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is used on the thorax to measure impedance changes due to the presence of air and blood in the lung. This experimental study was performed to investigate the effect of posture on cardiac and respiratory related impedance changes. METHODS EIT measurements were performed on 14 healthy subjects in left-, right lateral, prone, supine and upright po...

Potential advantages of the forced oscillation technique over other methods for monitoring total respiratory mechanics during artificial ventilation are that it does not require patient relaxation, and that additional information may be derived from the frequency dependence of the real (Re) and imaginary (Im) parts of respiratory impedance. We wanted to assess feasibility and usefulness of the ...

Electrical impedance tomography is a new technology giving us lung imaging that may allow lung function to be monitored at the bedside. Several applications have been studied to guide mechanical ventilation at the bedside with electrical impedance tomography. Positive end-expiratory pressure trials guided by electrical impedance tomography are relevant in terms of recruited volume or homogeneit...

Motion tracking is an effective approach for the management of respiratory motion during medical imaging process, which has always been a major concern in diagnostic imaging, interventional, and noninvasive therapy. However, low speed traditional techniques limits practical application real-time tracking. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) proved to be tool continuous monitoring lung activit...

It can be postulated that patients in early stages of pulmonary emphysema have normal values of total respiratory resistance and reactance. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether pulmonary emphysema, detected functionally by a decrease of the single breath diffusing capacity (DLCO) by at least 25% of predicted, and an increase of the static lung compliance (CLst) by at least 50% o...