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Figure 3

From: Effects of contrast material on computed tomographic measurements of lung volumes in patients with acute lung injury

Figure 3

Individual percentage of changes in the apparent volume of lung tissue 30 s and 15 min after injection of 80 ml contrast material in patients in group 1 (upper panel) and group 2 (lower panel). The horizontal line indicates the mean value of the apparent volume of lung tissue. Blacks bars represent individual percentage of maximum artifactual increase in lung tissue calculated according to the hypothesis that the 80 ml of contrast material penetrated into the alveolar–interstitial space and formed an interface with the alveolar gas.

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