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Quantitative Mapping of Specific Ventilation in the Human Lung using Proton Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Oxygen as a Contrast Agent
Published on: June 5, 2019
Oxygen-enhanced magnetic resonance ventilation imaging of the human lung at 0.2 and 1.5 T
1Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Abstract:
Lung ventilation imaging using inhaled oxygen as a contrast medium was performed using both a 0.2 and a 1.5 T clinical magnetic resonance (MR) scanner in eight volunteers. Signal-to-noise-ratios (SNRs) of the ventilation images as well as T1 values of the lung acquired with inhalation of 100% oxygen and room air were calculated. The SNR was 9.7 +/- 3.0 on the 0.2 T MR system and 69.5 +/- 28.8 on the 1.5 T system (P < 0.001). The mean T1 value on the 0.2 T MR system with subjects breathing room air was 632 +/- 54 msec; with 100% oxygen, it was 586 +/- 41 msec (P < 0.01). At 1.5 T, the mean values were 904 +/- 99 msec and 790 +/- 114 msec, respectively (P < 0.0001). We conclude that MR oxygen-enhanced ventilation imaging of the lung is feasible with an open configured 0.2 T MR system.
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