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full inspiration

Inspiration in which the lungs are filled as completely as possible (voluntarily, as in determining the vital capacity, or involuntarily, as in cardiac dyspnea).

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This position raises the level of thoracic viscera, but this effect would be counteracted by the fact that all the scans were taken in full inspiration. This takes the heart along with the great vessels and the tracheal bifurcation at a lower level than described in cadavers; thus, the levels described in anatomy books and levels seen in clinical practice in living subjects are different.

Vertebral levels of great vessels in mediastinum and their role in vascular interventions

The total amount of air that one can exhale after full inspiration.

Spirometry Helps Guide Pulmonary Care

Axial images are obtained at full inspiration to maximize the contrast between areas of diseased and normal lung tissues.[2] To differentiate gravity-related changes from pathological findings, CT imaging should be performed with the patient in both supine and prone positions.[10]