Applications of Ventilation Lung Imaging with81mKrypton
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 122 (2) , 399-403
- https://doi.org/10.1148/122.2.399
Abstract
A method for the evaluation of regional lung ventilation using 81mKr eluted from a rubidium generator is described. The tracer distribution at equilibrium is a function of regional ventilation, not of volumes. The study can be performed on a wide range of patients, including unconscious and mechanically ventilated patients, and can be performed immediately following or concurrently with a perfusion study. Precisely comparable ventilation and perfusion images can be obtained.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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