Quantitative MRI measurement of lung density must account for the change in T with lung inflation

RJ Theilmann, TJ Arai, A Samiee… - … Resonance Imaging …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
lung physiology under a variety of conditions. Many imaging modalities have been used for
measuring lung density … tomography (CT) (4), and MRI (5-10). For example, in a study using …

Variable lung density consideration in attenuation correction of whole-body PET/MRI

HR Marshall, FS Prato, L Deans… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2012 - Soc Nuclear Med
lung density information into MRI-based attenuation maps is developed and compared with
an approach that assumes uniform lung density. … has been able to measure the lungs’ μ-…

Ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI of the lung: assessment of tissue density in the lung parenchyma

O Togao, R Tsuji, Y Ohno, I Dimitrov… - Magnetic resonance …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… We investigated whether the MRI measured parameters (SI, % change in SI, … lung in human
subjects, our results imply that the UTE MRI provides clinical implications to evaluate lung

MRI of the lung: state of the art

M Wielpütz, HU Kauczor - Diagnostic and interventional …, 2012 - search.proquest.com
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lung is technically challenging due to the low proton
density and fast signal decay of the lung … ventricle can be accurately measured with MRI, …

MRI of the lung (1/3): methods

JM Wild, H Marshall, M Bock, LR Schad, PM Jakob… - Insights into …, 2012 - Springer
measure the breathing motion directly via MRI. Here, either a dedicated 90-180 spin echo
excitation or a pencil beam readout is used to measure … for lung MRI, because a proton density

MRI of the lung (2/3). Why… when… how?

J Biederer, M Beer, W Hirsch, J Wild, M Fabel… - Insights into …, 2012 - Springer
… It allows for multiple and repeated measurements and can … limitations of MRI in visualising
low-proton-density structures … in an increase of lung density (and consequently proton density) …

Estimation of gas and tissue lung volumes by MRI: functional approach of lung imaging

SD Qanadli, E Orvoen-Frija, P Lacombe… - Journal of computer …, 1999 - journals.lww.com
measurements in axial, sagittal, and coronal planes. The two tailed t test for paired data was
used to assess the difference between VC values measured by MRI (VC MRI ) … and density

[HTML][HTML] T2* and proton density measurement of normal human lung parenchyma using submillisecond echo time gradient echo magnetic resonance imaging

H Hatabu, DC Alsop, J Listerud, M Bonnet… - European journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
… these MR parameters in normal lung. We therefore conducted this study to measure T2*
and relative proton density of normal human lung parenchyma in vivo in conjunction with …

Advances in magnetic resonance imaging of lung physiology

SR Hopkins, DL Levin, K Emami… - Journal of applied …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
… , measurements of perfusion in the lung made … in lung density in situ will have on the
measurement of regional perfusion using external imaging techniques such as MRI, which measure

Vertical gradients in regional lung density and perfusion in the supine human lung: the Slinky effect

SR Hopkins, AC Henderson, DL Levin… - Journal of applied …, 2007 - journals.physiology.org
… used in the present study to measure pulmonary perfusion and lung density, including the
… extent that a small portion of the lung tissue may not generate MRI signal. Nevertheless, our …