Background 19F MRI of inhaled gas tracers has developed into a promising tool for
pulmonary diagnostics. Prior to clinical use, the intersession repeatability of acquired …

Rationale and Objectives To assess the repeatability of global and regional lung ventilation
quantification in both healthy subjects and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Purpose To assess the reproducibility of percentage ventilated lung volume (% VV)
measurements in healthy volunteers acquired by fluorine (19F)‐MRI of inhaled …

The renewable nature of the fluorine (19 F) signal in conjunction with fast imaging
sequences, presents itself as a non-invasive radiation-free technique to assess pulmonary …

Purpose To quantify regional lung ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) by using free-breathing dynamic fluorinated (fluorine 19 [19F]) gas …

Fluorine‐19 (19F) MRI using inhaled inert fluorinated gases is an emerging technique that
can provide functional images of the lungs. Inert fluorinated gases are nontoxic, abundant …

To show the feasibility of functional lung assessment by 19F MRI using low field (0.5 T) MRI
scanner. One healthy volunteer participated in the studies. As a contrast for 19F pulmonary …

A new method is presented for quantitative mapping of ventilation‐to‐perfusion ratios (VA/Q)
in the lung: MRI of the 19F longitudinal relaxation time (T1) of an inert fluorinated gas at …

Purpose To reduce acquisition time and improve image quality and robustness of ventilation
assessment in a single breath‐hold using 1H‐guided reconstruction of fluorinated gas (19F) …

Purpose To explore the feasibility of measuring ventilation defect percentage (VDP) using
19F MRI during free‐breathing wash‐in of fluorinated gas mixture with postacquisition …