Serial alveolography-preliminary report.
Serial alveolography using a contrast medium for indirect lymphography was developed at our department. With this technique radiograms comparable to so-called barium-imbibed preparations of resected lung are possible. Furthermore, the procedure has the advantage of demonstrating serial radiographic changes as well as the local contrast medium wash-out or clearance, a local functional aspect of the lung, successively in a very short time. It is practical to accomplish simultaneous examinations in both morphological and functional (most probably concerned with the local pulmonary lymph) aspects with the new procedure. Significant differences in radiographic features have been demonstrated between the normal lung and chronic pulmonary emphysema or fibrotic pulmonary diseases.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013679:Technology, Radiologic
D003287:Contrast Media