Dynamic Studies of Lung Fluid Clearance with Phase Contrast Imaging
- School of Physics, Monash University, Victoria 3800 (Australia)
- Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science, Monash University, Victoria 3800 (Australia)
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Victoria 3800 (Australia)
- SPring-8/JASRI, Mikazuki, Hyogo 679-5198 (Japan)
Clearance of liquid from the airways at birth is a poorly understood process, partly due to the difficulties of observing and measuring the distribution of air within the lung. Imaging dynamic processes within the lung in vivo with high contrast and spatial resolution is therefore a major challenge. However, phase contrast X-ray imaging is able to exploit inhaled air as a contrast agent, rendering the lungs of small animals visible due to the large changes in the refractive index at air/tissue interfaces. In concert with the high spatial resolution afforded by X-ray imaging systems (<100 {mu}m), propagation-based phase contrast imaging is ideal for studying lung development. To this end we have utilized intense, monochromatic synchrotron radiation, together with a fast readout CCD camera, to study fluid clearance from the lungs of rabbit pups at birth. Local rates of fluid clearance have been measured from the dynamic sequences using a single image phase retrieval algorithm.
- OSTI ID:
- 21043394
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 879, Issue 1; Conference: 9. international conference on synchrotron radiation instrumentation, Daegu (Korea, Republic of), 28 May - 2 Jun 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2436444; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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