… The quantitative biomarker of the VLP has been used extensively in the hyperpolarized
gas MRI literature as a robust measure of lung function. VLP is calculated by comparing …

… induced by gravity and lung inflation. Furthermore, this ASL method soon became a
popular addition to OE-MRI for ionizing radiation-free V/Q measurement. Further studies …

… We sought to exploit this property of lower-field MRI for oxygen-enhanced functional lung …
breath-held lung inflation volume plotted from five repeated measurements in seven healthy …

… of this study was to measure the repeatability of global and regional PREFUL-MRI-derived …
S Mean is defined as the mean signal of the intermediate lung inflation level images. FVL …

… the most common MBW measurement to quantify lung disease is the lung clearance index
(… ventilation is typically performed at breath-hold (typically after a lung inflation of 1L or less, …

… That said, our results suggest that at lower inflation levels, gas uptake measurements are
sensitive to hyperinflation, a key aspect of emphysema pathophysiology. Care must therefore …

… In addition to an excellent lung inflation volume, there is an improved image quality in c at
… has been designed as safety measure for the current investigation of the HF-NIV technique. …

… An important practical challenge in measuring rLWD is the selection of pixels within the lung
… the extent of lung inflation, given that air displaces water 45 and lung inflation modulates urn…

… 129 Xe MRI is still pending globally, which constitutes a vital step towards clinical
translation since even the level of lung inflation can influence quantitative measurements of …

… The healthy controls underwent the same functional lung MRI except for DCE-MRI. …
The slices were co-registered to PREFUL Q maps to adjust for different lung inflation levels. …