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Robust Lung Morphology Assessment in Children with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Using Ultra-Short TR/TE

2D Steady State Free Precession (SSFP)

Riccarda Failo¹, Piotr A. Wielopolski, Harm A. W .M. Tiddens¹, Gabriel P. Krestin, Roberto Pozzi Mucelli², Maarten H. Lequin¹

¹Sophia Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands; ²University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Improvement of Perfusion Imaging of the Human Lung Using Retrospective Gating

Wolfgang Wiedemair¹, ², Alexander Kroll¹, Peter Kindl², Lothar Rudi Schad¹

¹German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany; ²University of Technology, Graz, Austria

Comparative Analysis of Predictive Capability of Dynamic Perfusion MRI, Quantitatively and Qualitatively

Assessed CT, and Perfusion SPECT for Postoperative Lung Function in Lung Cancer Patients

Yoshiharu Ohno¹, Hisanobu Koyama¹, Munenobu Nogami¹, Daisuke Takenaka¹, Nobukazu Aoyama², Hideaki Kawamitsu², Takeshi Yoshikawa¹, Kazuro Sugimura¹

Short-Time-Scale and Long-Time-Scale ³He Diffusion MRI in Emphysema: Which Is More Sensitive?

Chengbo Wang¹, Tallisa A. Altes¹, ², Grady W. Miller¹, Eduard E. de Lange¹, Kai Ruppert¹, ², James R. Brookeman¹, Jaime F. Mata¹, Gordon D. Cates, Jr¹, John P. Mugler, III¹

¹University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA; ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

In Vivo Lung Morphometry with Hyperpolarized ³He MRI in a Mild COPD Population

James D. Quirk¹, Barbara A. Lutey¹, Adil Bashir¹, David S. Gierada¹, Jason C. Woods¹, G Larry Bretthorst¹, Mark S. Conradi¹, Dmitriy A. Yablonskiy¹

¹Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
 

Human Lung Imaging in Supine Versus Upright Positions with a 6.5 mT Open-Access 3He MRI System: Initial Results

Leo Lee Tsai¹, ², Ross William Mair¹, Matthew Scott Rosen¹, ³, Samuel Patz, ²⁴, Ronald Lee Walsworth¹, ³

¹Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; ²Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; ³Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 

Time Resolved Lung Ventilation Volume Measurement with Multislice EPI Using Hyperpolarized 3He

Kevin Teh¹, Steven R. Parnell¹, Neil Woodhouse¹, Jim M. Wild¹

¹University of Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK
 

Regional Quantification of Pulmonary Biomechanics Using Dynamic MRI of Grid-Tagged Hyperpolarized ³He

G Wilson Miller¹, Jing Cai¹, Talissa A. Altes, ¹², Eduard E. de Lange¹, Paul W. Read¹, Ke Sheng¹, Gordon D. Cates¹, ³, John P. Mugler, III¹

¹University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA; ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; ³University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

A Novel Approach to Measure Regional Lung Ventilation Using Hyperpolarized 3He MRI - Potential in Clinical Studies

Kiarash Emami¹, Richard Guyer¹, Stephen Kadlecek¹, John M. Woodburn¹, Jianliang Zhu¹, Vahid Vahdat¹, Jiangsheng Yu¹, Masaru Ishii², Robert Cadman¹, Sheeva Rajaei¹, Chris Cox¹, Michelle Law¹, Michael Stephen³, Joseph Shrager¹, David A. Lipson¹, Warren Gefter¹, Rahim Rizi¹

¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; ²Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; ³University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Airway Behavior Following a Methacholine Challenge Observed Using Hyperpolarized ³He MRI and High Resolution CT

Mitchell S. Albert¹, Janice Cook-Granroth², Jessica Gereige¹, Joey Mansour¹, Kenneth Lutchen³, Eric Hoffman²

¹Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; ²University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA; ³Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA