title: Estimation of lung volume in infants by echo planar imaging and total body plethysmography.
abstract: Echo planar imaging (an extremely fast method of magnetic resonance imaging) was used to measure lung volume in a group of nine infants, all of whom had had respiratory problems. The mean echo planar imaging estimate of total lung volume was 44 +/- 9 ml/kg. In each case the right lung was larger than the left (ratio 52.8:47.2%). The mean thoracic gas volume was 36 +/- 8 ml/kg. The entire sequence of images of the thorax (about 400) takes five minutes to complete, infants require no sedation, and there are no side effects.
authors.affiliation: University of Nottingham, Department of Physics.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: O'Callaghan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coxon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Glover
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jaroszkiewicz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Howseman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mansfield
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Milner
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Coupland
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D010993:Plethysmography, Whole Body; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000473:pathology*