This book reviews the basics of pulmonary functional imaging using new CT and MR techniques and describes the clinical applications of these techniques in detail.  The intention is to equip readers with a full understanding of pulmonary functional imaging that will allow optimal application of all relevant techniques in the assessment of a variety of diseases, including COPD, asthma, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary thromboembolism, pulmonary hypertension, lung cancer and pulmonary nodule.

Pulmonary functional imaging has been promoted as a research and diagnostic tool that has the capability to overcome the limitations of morphological assessments as well as functional evaluation based on traditional nuclear medicine studies. The recent advances in CT and MRI and in medical image processing and analysis have given further impetus to pulmonary functional imaging and provide the basis for future expansion of its use in clinical applications. In documenting the utility of state-of-the-art pulmonary functional imaging in diagnostic radiology and pulmonary medicine, this book will be of high value for chest radiologists, pulmonologists, pulmonary surgeons, and radiation technologists.

Anatomical Basis for Pulmonary Functional Imaging

Pulmonary Function Tests
Basics and Clinical Application of CT for Pulmonary Functional Evaluation
Basics and Clinical Application of MR Assessment of Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Blood Flow
Basics and Clinical Application of MR Assessment of Ventilation
Principles and Clinical Applications of Respiratory Motion Assessment Using 4D Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Basics and Clinical Application of Nuclear Medicine and Hybrid Imaging
Functional Assessment of COPD
Structure-Function Imaging of Asthma: Airway and Ventilation Biomarkers
Functional Assessment of Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease
Functional Assessment of Pulmonary Venous Thromboembolism
Multimodality Imaging of Pulmonary Hypertension: Prognostication of Therapeutic Outcomes
Functional Assessment of Lung Cancer and Nodules
Computational Approach Toward Pulmonary Functional Imaging
Image-Based Phenotyping,Deep Learning (DL) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications in Clinical and Research Radiology and Chest Imaging
Future of Pulmonary Functional Imaging.