Hyperpolarized gas MRI in pulmonology

AL Kern, J Vogel-Claussen - The British journal of radiology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Lung diseases have a high prevalence amongst the world population and their early
diagnosis has been pointed out to be key for successful treatment. However, there is still a …

Acquisition strategies for spatially resolved magnetic resonance detection of hyperpolarized nuclei

GJ Top**, C Hundshammer, L Nagel… - … Resonance Materials in …, 2020 - Springer
Hyperpolarization is an emerging method in magnetic resonance imaging that allows
nuclear spin polarization of gases or liquids to be temporarily enhanced by up to five or six …

32‐channel phased‐array receive with asymmetric birdcage transmit coil for hyperpolarized xenon‐129 lung imaging

I Dregely, IC Ruset, G Wiggins… - Magnetic …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Hyperpolarized xenon‐129 has the potential to become a noninvasive contrast agent for
lung MRI. In addition to its utility for imaging of ventilated airspaces, the property of xenon to …

Hyperpolarized 129Xe lung MRI in spontaneously breathing mice with respiratory gated fast imaging and its application to pulmonary functional imaging

H Imai, A Kimura, Y Hori, S Iguchi, T Kitao… - NMR in …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In the present study, a balanced steady‐state free precession pulse sequence combined
with compressed sensing was applied to hyperpolarized 129Xe lung imaging in …

MRI acquisition techniques

JP Mugler Iii - Hyperpolarized and Inert Gas MRI, 2017 - Elsevier
Several characteristics of hyperpolarized gases relevant to the design of magnetic
resonance acquisitions differ substantially from those for water or lipid protons in biological …

Development and application of mouse imaging using hyperpolarized xenon

H Imai, A Kimura, H Fujiwara - Hyperpolarized and Inert Gas MRI, 2017 - Elsevier
Mice have been commonly used for different purposes in a variety of preclinical studies,
mainly because of the availability of a wide range of disease models as well as genetically …

Quantitative Spectral Contrast in Hyperpolarized 129 Xe Pulmonary MRI

SH Robertson - 2016 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Hyperpolarized (HP) 129 Xe MRI has emerged as a viable tool for evaluating lung
function without ionizing radiation. HP 129 Xe has already been used to image ventilation …

Implications of B0 and B1 inhomogeneity for bSSFP imaging of hyperpolarized media

NJ Stewart, JM Wild - archive.ismrm.org
The effect of B 0 and B 1 transmit inhomogeneity on 3D bSSFP lung imaging with
hyperpolarized 129 Xe was simulated using flip angle and off-resonance frequency maps in …

Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Functional Lung Microstructure

I Dregely - 2010 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Hyperpolarized 129 Xe (HXe) is a non-invasive contrast agent for lung magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI), which upon inhalation follows the functional pathway of oxygen in …