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Identification Methods for Analysis of Xenon-133 Wash-out Curves: A Critical Comparative Study

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Computers in Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine

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Xenon-133 is the radioactive tracer gas most widely used for studying regional ventilation; however, a serious limitation is constituted by its relatively high solubility in blood and tissues.

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  1. Clinica Tisiologica e Malattie dell’Apparato Respiratorio, Universitá di Genova, Genoa, Italy

    V. Brusasco, A. Tiano, R. Astengo & S. Valenti

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  1. Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    O. Prakash

  2. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

    A. A. Spence

  3. Royal College of Surgeons, London, UK

    J. P. Payne

  4. University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

    B. Jonson

  5. Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut, USA

    S. Nair

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Brusasco, V., Tiano, A., Astengo, R., Valenti, S. (1982). Identification Methods for Analysis of Xenon-133 Wash-out Curves: A Critical Comparative Study. In: Prakash, O., Spence, A.A., Payne, J.P., Jonson, B., Nair, S. (eds) Computers in Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6704-2_8

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