Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging • Vol 53 • No 4
Flow Volume Loop and Regional Ventilation Assessment Using Phase‐Resolved Functional Lung (<scp>PREFUL</scp>) <scp>MRI</scp>: Comparison With <scp><sup>129</sup>Xenon</scp> Ventilation <scp>MRI</scp> and Lung Function Testing
November 2020 • Till F. Kaireit, Agilo Luitger Kern, Andreas Voskrebenzev, Gesa H. Pöhler, Filip Klimeš, Lea Behrendt, Marcel Gutberlet, Tawfik Moher Alsady, Anna‐Ma…
Background Regional flow volume loop ventilation‐weighted noncontrast‐enhanced proton lung MRI in free breathing has emerged as a novel technique for assessment of regional lung ventilation, but has yet not been validated with 129 Xenon MRI ( 129 Xe‐MRI), a direct visualization of ventilation in healthy volunteers, cystic fibrosis (CF), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. Purpose To compare regional ventilation and regional flow volume loops measured by noncontrast‐enhanced ventilation‐weigh…