Magnetic resonance imaging of lung parenchyma.
Imaging of the lungs presents a unique challenge for MR technology. Signal from lung parenchyma is limited by low proton density, the effects of motion and susceptibility, and a multiexponential T2 relaxation time. We have illustrated the use of spin echo and projection reconstruction MR sequences in imaging lung parenchyma, and the use of a GRE sequence in imaging the pulmonary vascular tree.
Bergin
C J
CJ
University of California San Diego Medical Center, Department of Radiology 92103-8756.
Glover
G M
GM
Pauly
J
J
D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods