The pulmonary vasculature and its role in perfusion and gas exchange is an important
consideration in many conditions of the lung and heart. Currently the mainstay of imaging of
the vasculature and perfusion of the lungs lies with CT and nuclear medicine perfusion
scans, both of which require ionizing radiation exposure. Improvements in MRI techniques
have increased the use of MRI in pulmonary vascular imaging. Here we review MRI
methods for imaging the pulmonary vasculature and pulmonary perfusion, both using …