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Generation of aerosols: BARC nebulizer and others

Abstract

The concern with atmospheric pollution in recent times has focused attention on aerosols, their distribution pattern after inhalation and the kinetics of their deposition and exclusion from bronchial passages. The technique of radioaerosols for lung imaging is of recent origin. The procedure was proposed as a means of estimating regional ventilation and localizing areas of airway narrowing. The technique is an alternative in the face of non-availability of radioactive gases, especially in developing countries where the cost is the major factor due to economic reasons. Now, it is beyond doubt that radioaerosol lung studies are a potentially valuable tool in the evaluation of respiratory function in health and disease, especially to detect chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. Also, the administration of a drug by aerosol inhalation provides a convenient method for the treatment of conditions affecting the respiratory system. This write-up will brief us about radioaerosol, its generation and characterisation.
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 1994
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
INIS-XA-292
Reference Number:
EDB-01:020695
Resource Relation:
Other Information: 39 refs, 5 figs, 2 tabs; PBD: 1994; Related Information: In: Radioaerosol imaging of the lung. An IAEA [CRP] group study, by Yong Whee Bahk [Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)]; Isawa, Toyoharu [Tohoku University Research Institute for Chest Disease and Cancer, Sendai (Japan)] [eds.], 155 pages.
Subject:
61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; CONTAMINATION; INHALATION; LUNGS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS; RADIOACTIVITY
OSTI ID:
20137442
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Division of Human Health, Nuclear Medicine Section, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: XA0100096006537
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 24-42
Announcement Date:
Mar 02, 2001

Citation Formats

Soni, P S, and Raghunath, B. Generation of aerosols: BARC nebulizer and others. IAEA: N. p., 1994. Web.
Soni, P S, & Raghunath, B. Generation of aerosols: BARC nebulizer and others. IAEA.
Soni, P S, and Raghunath, B. 1994. "Generation of aerosols: BARC nebulizer and others." IAEA.
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title = {Generation of aerosols: BARC nebulizer and others}
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abstractNote = {The concern with atmospheric pollution in recent times has focused attention on aerosols, their distribution pattern after inhalation and the kinetics of their deposition and exclusion from bronchial passages. The technique of radioaerosols for lung imaging is of recent origin. The procedure was proposed as a means of estimating regional ventilation and localizing areas of airway narrowing. The technique is an alternative in the face of non-availability of radioactive gases, especially in developing countries where the cost is the major factor due to economic reasons. Now, it is beyond doubt that radioaerosol lung studies are a potentially valuable tool in the evaluation of respiratory function in health and disease, especially to detect chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. Also, the administration of a drug by aerosol inhalation provides a convenient method for the treatment of conditions affecting the respiratory system. This write-up will brief us about radioaerosol, its generation and characterisation.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1994}
month = {Jul}
}