Proton MRI of the lung: how to tame scarce protons and fast signal decay

A Voskrebenzev… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pulmonary proton MRI techniques offer the unique possibility of assessing lung function and
structure without the requirement for hyperpolarization or dedicated hardware, which is …

Modern pulmonary imaging of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

NS Higano, JL Ruoss, JC Woods - Journal of Perinatology, 2021 - nature.com
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a complex and serious cardiopulmonary morbidity in
infants who are born preterm. Despite advances in clinical care, BPD remains a significant …

Childhood to adulthood: Accounting for age dependence in healthy‐reference distributions in 129Xe gas‐exchange MRI

JW Plummer, MM Willmering… - Magnetic resonance …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Xenon‐129 (129Xe) gas‐exchange MRI is a pulmonary‐imaging technique that
provides quantitative metrics for lung structure and function and is often compared to …

Quantification of neonatal lung parenchymal density via ultrashort echo time MRI with comparison to CT

NS Higano, RJ Fleck, DR Spielberg… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To demonstrate that ultrashort echo time (UTE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
can achieve computed tomography (CT)‐like quantification of lung parenchyma in free …

Comparison of quantitative regional perfusion‐weighted phase resolved functional lung (PREFUL) MRI with dynamic gadolinium‐enhanced regional pulmonary …

TF Kaireit, A Voskrebenzev, M Gutberlet… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Perfusion‐weighted noncontrast‐enhanced proton lung MRI during free
breathing is maturing as a novel technique for assessment of regional lung perfusion, but …

Elevated lung volumes in neonates with bronchopulmonary dysplasia measured via MRI

LM Yoder, NS Higano, AH Schapiro… - Pediatric …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disease of prematurity
defined by requirement for respiratory support at 36 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA), but …

Implementation of the FLORET UTE sequence for lung imaging

MM Willmering, RK Robison, H Wang… - Magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Magnetic resonance imaging of lungs is inherently challenging, but it has become
more common with the use of UTE sequences and their relative insensitivity to motion. Spiral …

Imaging in neonatal respiratory disease

EB Hysinger, NS Higano, PJ Critser… - Paediatric respiratory …, 2022 - Elsevier
The purpose of this review is to describe the current state of the art in clinical imaging for
NICU patients, divided into major areas that correspond to likely phenotypes of neonatal …

Free-breathing ultrashort echo time lung magnetic resonance imaging using stack-of-spirals acquisition: a feasibility study in oncology patients

MJ Cha, HJ Park, MY Paek, A Stemmer, ES Lee… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of lung magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) with a free-breathing three-dimensional ultrashort echo time spoiled gradient echo …

Use of elastic registration in pulmonary MRI for the assessment of pulmonary fibrosis in patients with systemic sclerosis

G Chassagnon, C Martin, R Marini, M Vakalopolou… - Radiology, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Current imaging methods are not sensitive to changes in pulmonary function
resulting from fibrosis. MRI with ultrashort echo time can be used to image the lung …