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Author Spotlight: Advancing Lung Disease Research with Free-Breathing Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 MRI
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Functional airway obstruction observed with hyperpolarized 129 Xenon-MRI
Erin J Song1, Chris R Kelsey1, Bastiaan Driehuys2
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology
|September 24, 2017
Abstract:
Hyperpolarized 129 Xenon-MRI (HP 129 Xe MRI) is an emerging imaging modality that allows assessment of both ventilation and gas transfer. Most research to date has focused on non-malignant pulmonary diseases. However, the capability of evaluating the two primary physiological processes of the lung (ventilation and gas transfer) makes HP 129 Xe MRI a promising imaging modality in the management of patients with lung cancer.

