Functional Lung Imaging Identifies Peripheral Ventilation Changes in ꞵ‐<scp>ENaC</scp> Mice
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: β-ENaC-Tg mice serve as a relevant model of muco-obstructive lung disease and diffuse-type emphysema, with impaired mucociliary clearance, mucus obstruction, chronic airway inflammation, structural lung damage, and altered lung function. The aim of this study was to undertake a comprehensive analysis of lung function and mechanics of the adult β-ENaC-Tg model. METHODS: Adult β-ENaC-Tg and wild-type littermates underwent X-ray velocimetry (XV) scans using a Permetium XV scanner (4DMedical, Melbourne, Australia). For comparative lung mechanics, lung function assessments were conducted with a flexiVent system (SCIREQ, Montreal, Canada). RESULTS: XV imaging demonstrated elevated ventilation defect percentage, mean specific ventilation, and ventilation heterogeneity in β-ENaC-Tg mice. Spatial analysis of ventilation maps indicated increased ventilation variability in the peripheral lung regions, as well as an increased proportion of under-ventilated areas. The flexiVent analysis indicated that compared to wild types, β-ENaC-Tg mice have a significantly more compliant lungs with increased inspiratory capacity, reduced tissue elastance, and increased hysteresivity (heterogeneity), suggesting loss of parenchymal integrity. CONCLUSION: This research highlights the utility of XV imaging in evaluating ventilation defects in the β-ENaC-Tg model and provides a comprehensive lung function analysis.
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Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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