Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI of the human lung

JP Mugler III, TA Altes - Journal of Magnetic Resonance …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
By permitting direct visualization of the airspaces of the lung, magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) using hyperpolarized gases provides unique strategies for evaluating pulmonary …

Imaging of lung function using hyperpolarized helium‐3 magnetic resonance imaging: review of current and emerging translational methods and applications

S Fain, ML Schiebler, DG McCormack… - Journal of magnetic …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
During the past several years there has been extensive development and application of
hyperpolarized helium‐3 (HP 3He) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in clinical respiratory …

Using hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI to quantify regional gas transfer in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

JM Wang, SH Robertson, Z Wang, M He, RS Virgincar… - Thorax, 2018‏ - thorax.bmj.com
Background Assessing functional impairment, therapeutic response and disease
progression in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) continues to be challenging …

Regional map** of gas uptake by blood and tissue in the human lung using hyperpolarized xenon‐129 MRI

K Qing, K Ruppert, Y Jiang, JF Mata… - Journal of magnetic …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop a breathhold acquisition for regional map** of ventilation and the
fractions of hyperpolarized xenon‐129 (Xe129) dissolved in tissue (lung parenchyma and …

Imaging alveolar–capillary gas transfer using hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI

B Driehuys, GP Cofer, J Pollaro, JB Mackel… - Proceedings of the …, 2006‏ - pnas.org
Effective pulmonary gas exchange relies on the free diffusion of gases across the thin tissue
barrier separating airspace from the capillary red blood cells (RBCs). Pulmonary …

Quantitative analysis of hyperpolarized 129Xe gas transfer MRI

Z Wang, SH Robertson, J Wang, M He… - Medical …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Hyperpolarized 129Xe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using Dixon‐based
decomposition enables single‐breath imaging of 129Xe in the airspaces, interstitial barrier …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo methods and applications of xenon-129 magnetic resonance

H Marshall, NJ Stewart, HF Chan, M Rao… - Progress in nuclear …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Hyperpolarised gas lung MRI using xenon-129 can provide detailed 3D images of the
ventilated lung airspaces, and can be applied to quantify lung microstructure and detailed …

Molecular imaging using hyperpolarized 13C

K Golman, LE Olsson, O Axelsson… - The British journal of …, 2003‏ - academic.oup.com
MRI provides unsurpassed soft tissue contrast, but the inherent low sensitivity of this
modality has limited the clinical use to imaging of water protons. With hyperpolarization …

Hyperpolarized 129Xe MR Imaging of Alveolar Gas Uptake in Humans

ZI Cleveland, GP Cofer, G Metz, D Beaver, J Nouls… - PloS one, 2010‏ - journals.plos.org
Background One of the central physiological functions of the lungs is to transfer inhaled
gases from the alveoli to pulmonary capillary blood. However, current measures of alveolar …

Pulmonary functional imaging: Part 1—state-of-the-art technical and physiologic underpinnings

Y Ohno, JB Seo, G Parraga, KS Lee, WB Gefter… - Radiology, 2021‏ - pubs.rsna.org
Over the past few decades, pulmonary imaging technologies have advanced from chest
radiography and nuclear medicine methods to high-spatial-resolution or low-dose chest CT …