RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: We assessed subjects with stage II and stage III chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and age-matched healthy volunteers at a single …

Purpose To quantitatively evaluate a small pilot group of ex-smokers with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) and healthy volunteers during approximately 2 years by using …

Objective: Hyperpolarized 3 He magnetic resonance imaging (3 He MRI) at 3.0 Tesla of
healthy volunteers and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients was …

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Emphysema and small airway obstruction are the
pathological hallmarks of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this …

A chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exsmoker underwent pulmonary function
tests and hyperpolarized helium‐3 (3He) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) serially over 4 …

Purpose To quantitatively compare hyperpolarized helium 3 (3He) and xenon 129 (129Xe)
magnetic resonance (MR) images obtained within 5 minutes in healthy volunteers and …

Purpose To evaluate the predictive value of imaging and clinical and physiological
measurements of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD chronic obstructive …

Purpose To evaluate short-acting bronchodilator effects in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) by using hyperpolarized helium 3 (3He) magnetic resonance (MR) …

Rationale and Objectives In this proof-of-concept demonstration, we aimed to quantitatively
and qualitatively compare pulmonary ventilation abnormalities derived from Fourier …

Purpose During recent years, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using hyperpolarised (HP)
3 He gas has emerged as a promising new method for the imaging of lung ventilation …