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Fig. 5.4 Schematic of normal and emphysematous alveoli
Fig. 5.5 Left : CT scan of lung with normal parenchyma. Right : CT scan of lung with emphysema
ventilation. Thus, local perfusion is matched to local ventilation. The assessment of
such mechanisms and their relation to the microvascular flow properties in the
living lung are still very difficult. However, major advances with respect to
experimental approaches have been made [ 9 , 20 ] suggesting that the amount of
information about pulmonary micro-flows and their clinical application will
increase substantially in the near future.