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In this chapter, we present a brief review of the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of main relevant diseases. This will lay the ground for a more in-depth presentation of the pathophysiological basis for use of nuclear medicine techniques in disease diagnosis. This will be discussed in the context of radiopharmaceuticals commonly used to diagnose respiratory diseases followed by correlation of the patterns of radiotracer distribution as seen in nuclear scintigraphy with the pathophysiology of the disease process. The different scintigraphic methods will be explained along with relevant clinical applications.

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Elgazzar, A.H., Alnafisi, N. (2022). Respiratory System. In: Elgazzar, A.H. (eds) The Pathophysiologic Basis of Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96252-4_8

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