✦ LIBER ✦
Volume of rat lungs measured throughout the respiratory cycle using 19F NMR of the inert gas SF6
✍ Scribed by Dean O. Kuethe; Volker C. Behr; Stephanie Begay
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 85 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0740-3194
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✦ Synopsis
The lung volumes of mechanically ventilated rats were measured over the course of the respiratory cycle using the NMR signal strength from inhaled sulfurhexafluoride. Rats with elastase-induced emphysema showed larger lung volumes and slower exhalation than control rats. For humans the technique should be able to provide lung volume measurements at least 20 times a second.