Early COPD diagnosis possible with nuclear medicine
Monday, April 1, 2013 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
In vivo ventilation/perfusion imaging can detect early changes to the lung caused by cigarette smoke exposure and provides a noninvasive method for studying lung dysfunction in preclinical models, according to new research. These measures have the potential to be applied clinically to study and diagnose the early stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.