Abstract: In a method for diagnosing functional lung illnesses, image exposures of the lungs are obtained at various phase points in time of the respiration of a subject, such as at maximum inhalation and maximum expiration, and the image exposures are segmented and at least two of the image exposures are compared on a segment-by-segment basis to identify a change in tissue density between the compared segments, as an indicator of lung functioning.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one leukotriene inhibitor for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of lung diseases, more particularly of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, in prematurely born infants. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of lung diseases, more particularly of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, in prematurely born infants, the pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one leukotriene inhibitor. The invention additionally relates to a method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a lung disease, more particularly of a bronchopulmonary dysplasia, in a prematurely born infant, where the prematurely born infant is administered a pharmacologically active amount of at least one leukotriene inhibitor.

Abstract: In a method for diagnosing functional lung illnesses, image exposures of the lungs are obtained at various phase points in time of the respiration of a subject, such as at maximum inhalation and maximum expiration, and the image exposures are segmented and at least two of the image exposures are compared on a segment-by-segment basis to identify a change in tissue density between the compared segments, as an indicator of lung functioning.

Abstract: For purposes of producing a transparency image in a transparency direction, a magnetic resonance device includes a basic field magnetic system for generating a basic magnetic field that exhibits a high homogeneity and a low flux density in at least one imaging volume, and an arrangement for executing a refocused gradient echo sequence, wherein two gradient fields, respectively oriented perpendicularly to the transparency direction, can be switched without slice selection, or for executing a refocused gradient echo sequence with a large slice thickness in the transparency direction.