Functional MR imaging of the lung.
Recent development of MR techniques has overcome many problems, such as susceptibility artifacts or motion artifact, allowing both static and dynamic MR lung imaging and providing quantitative information of pulmonary function, including perfusion, ventilation, and respiratory motion. Dynamic contrast-enhanced MR perfusion imaging is suitable for the evaluation of angiogenesis of pulmonary solitary nodules. (129)Xe MR imaging is potentially a robust technique for the evaluation of various pulmonary function and may replace (3)He. The information provided by these new MR imaging methods is proving useful in research and in clinical applications in various lung diseases.
Matsuoka
Shin
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Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Hunsaker
Andetta R
AR
Gill
Ritu R
RR
Jacobson
Francine L
FL
Ohno
Yoshiharu
Y
Patz
Samuel
S
Hatabu
Hiroto
H
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged