Pulmonary imaging with conventional MRI remains challenging, owing to the low proton
density of lung tissue and magnetic susceptibility gradients that exist at ubiquitous air-tissue …

Introduction Current measures of pulmonary ventilation are beset by limitations. For
example, spirometry provides no regional or anatomical information regarding lung function …

Background: 19 F-MRI of inhaled perfluoropropane (PFP) has recently emerged as a viable
approach to ventilation imaging, offering an alternative to hyperpolarised gas MRI. Aim: We …

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 …

Fluorine‐19 (19F) MRI of the lungs using inhaled inert fluorinated gases can potentially
provide high quality images of the lungs that are similar in quality to those from …

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

Introduction Pulmonary ventilation reflects lung physiology, offering insight regarding
structural and functional changes associated with respiratory disease. However, in routine …

Fluorinated gas imaging is a complementary method to hyperpolarized gas ventilation
imaging, but suffers from lower SNR by virtue of low spin density and thermal polarisation …

RATIONALE We explored the effects of two different wash-out gases on fractional ventilation
(FV) measurements obtained using a wash-in/wash-out (wIwO) imaging scheme for …

MRI of exogenous imaging agents offers a safely repeatable modality to assess regional
pulmonary ventilation. A small number of studies have validated the safety and potential …