Applications of ventilation lung imaging with 81mKrypton.
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. Thus, precisely comparable ventilation and perfusion images can be obtained.
D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007726:Krypton; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
D011868:Radioisotopes; D007726:Krypton; D013667:Technetium