The airflow limitation that defines chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the
result of a prolonged time constant for lung emptying, caused by increased resistance of the …

The nuclear spin polarization of the noble gas isotopes 3He and 129Xe can be increased
using optical pumping methods by four to five orders of magnitude. This extraordinary gain …

To cite this article: Contoli M, Bousquet J, Fabbri LM, Magnussen H, Rabe KF, Siafakas NM,
Hamid Q, Kraft M. The small airways and distal lung compartment in asthma and COPD: a …

The fluorine atom provides an exciting tool for diverse spectroscopic and imaging
applications using Magnetic Resonance. The organic chemistry of fluorine is widely …

Chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), represent a major social and economic burden for worldwide health systems …

Hyperpolarized gases have found a steadily increasing range of applications in nuclear
magnetic resonance (NMR) and NMR imaging (MRI). They can be regarded as a new class …

Contents 1. Introduction................................................................... 1 2. NMR properties of
gaseous, liquid and solid xenon...................................... 2 3. Xenon in water and …

Pulmonary functional magnetic resonance imaging (PfMRI) provides a way to non-invasively
map and measure the spatial distribution of pulmonary ventilation, perfusion and gas …

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and magnetic resonance (MR) gas velocimetry were
concurrently performed to study airflow in the same model of human proximal airways …

Background Pendelluft, defined as asynchronous alveolar ventilation, is caused by different
regional time constants or dynamic pleural pressure variations. The aim of the present study …