RAP - Today's most sensitive System for monitoring Lung Emphysema
The first lung diagnostic system to detect lung emphysema without using radiation.
Usage
- Pharmaceutical Companies: Inhalation Studies
- Occupational Medicine: Early diagnosis of lung emphysema in workers in risky working environment
- Pulmonary Medicine: Differential diagnosis and monitoring of lung emphysema.
Benefits
- High sensitivity in the diagnoses of lung emphysema (equivalent to HRCT)
- High specificity (for differential diagnosis of lung diseases)
- No radiation harm to patients
- Optimal for monitoring course of lung emphysema
- Complete diagnosis within few minutes
Why airway diameter is the right measure for lung emphysema
The respiratory aerosol probe (RAP) is a tool to measure changes in the small air spaces of the lungs, utilizing aerosols. With this device it is possible to identify changes in peripheral airway resulting from early emphysemas, early changes in lung ventilation induced by smoking, and the deposition site of pharmaceuticals in the lungs can be identified.