3D ultrashort echo time MRI of the lung using stack‐of‐spirals and spherical k‐Space coverages: Evaluation in healthy volunteers and parenchymal diseases

G Dournes, J Yazbek, W Benhassen… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Ultrashort echo time (UTE) has been shown to improve lung MRI quality in
three dimensions. The evaluation of 3D‐UTE stack‐of‐spirals VIBE (3D‐USV) sequence for …

Respiratory motion–resolved four-dimensional zero echo time (4D ZTE) lung MRI using retrospective soft gating: feasibility and image quality compared with 3D ZTE

K Bae, KN Jeon, MJ Hwang, JS Lee, SE Park… - European …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives To evaluate the feasibility and image quality of respiratory motion–resolved 4D
zero echo time (ZTE) lung MRI compared with that of 3D ZTE. Methods Our institutional …

Oxygen‐enhanced 3D radial ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging in the healthy human lung

SJ Kruger, SB Fain, KM Johnson… - NMR in …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this work was to use 3D radial ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI to perform
whole‐lung oxygen‐enhanced (OE) imaging in humans. Eight healthy human subjects …

A double echo ultra short echo time (UTE) acquisition for respiratory motion‐suppressed high resolution imaging of the lung

J Delacoste, J Chaptinel… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Magnetic resonance imaging is a promising alternative to computed tomography
for lung imaging. However, organ motion and poor signal‐to‐noise ratio, arising from short …

Simultaneous MRI of lung structure and perfusion in a single breathhold

LC Bell, KM Johnson, SB Fain… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop and demonstrate a breathheld 3D radial ultrashort echo time (UTE)
acquisition to visualize co‐registered lung perfusion and vascular structure. Materials and …

2D ultrashort echo‐time functional lung imaging

A Balasch, P Metze, K Stumpf, M Beer… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Imaging of the lung by MRI is challenging due to the intrinsic low proton density
and rapid T2* relaxation. MRI methods providing lung parenchyma and function are in …

Three‐dimensional T1 and T2* mapping of human lung parenchyma using interleaved saturation recovery with dual echo ultrashort echo time imaging (ITSR‐DUTE)

ND Gai, AA Malayeri… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop and assess a new technique for three‐dimensional (3D) full lung T1
and T2* mapping using a single free breathing scan during a clinically feasible time …

Iterative motion‐compensation reconstruction ultra‐short TE (iMoCo UTE) for high‐resolution free‐breathing pulmonary MRI

X Zhu, M Chan, M Lustig, KM Johnson… - Magnetic resonance …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop a high‐scanning efficiency, motion‐corrected imaging strategy for free‐
breathing pulmonary MRI by combining an iterative motion‐compensation reconstruction …

Diffusion weighted hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI of the lung with 2D and 3D (FLORET) spiral

AS Bdaiwi, MM Willmering, H Wang… - Magnetic resonance …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To enable efficient hyperpolarized 129Xe diffusion imaging using 2D and 3D
(Fermat Looped, ORthogonally Encoded Trajectories, FLORET) spiral sequences and …

Multistage self‐gated lung imaging in small rodents

M Tibiletti, Å Kjørstad, A Bianchi… - Magnetic resonance …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the exploitation of the self‐gating signal in ultrashort echo time (UTE)
two‐dimensional (2D) acquisitions of freely breathing rats to reconstruct multiple respiratory …