Pulmonary plethysmography using radionuclide chest scintigraphy

Meir Nitzan, Yona Mahler, Suzan Yaffe, Moshe Bocher, Chaira Karger, Roland Chissin

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Abstract

The cardiac stroke volume which is ejected during systole into the pulmonary vasculature increases its blood volume. The ratio between the pulmonary systolic blood volume increase and stroke volume depends on the compliance of the pulmonary blood vessels. The relative pulmonary systolic blood volume increase was measured by using ECG-gated chest scintigrams, from the total radiation counts in regions of interest, which included the left ventricle and the two lungs. On the average, the systolic increase of the total pulmonary radiation was found to be 56% of the systolic decrease of the left ventricle radiation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 1992
EditorsRobert Plonsey, Jean Louis Coatrieux, Swamy Laxminarayan, Jean Pierre Morucci
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages810-811
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)0780307852
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992
Externally publishedYes
Event14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 1992 - Paris, France
Duration: 29 Oct 19921 Nov 1992

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
Volume2
ISSN (Print)1557-170X

Conference

Conference14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 1992
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period29/10/921/11/92

Bibliographical note

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© 1992 IEEE.

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