Over the past few decades, pulmonary imaging technologies have advanced from chest
radiography and nuclear medicine methods to high-spatial-resolution or low-dose chest CT …

This review focuses on the state‐of‐the‐art of the three major classes of gas contrast agents
used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)—hyperpolarized (HP) gas, molecular oxygen …

Background This section of the guidelines is intended to provide an evidence-based
approach to the preoperative physiologic assessment of a patient being considered for …

Purpose To evaluate the potential of xenon ventilation computed tomography (CT) in the
quantitative and visual analysis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Materials …

Since the publication of the Radiologic Diagnostic Oncology Group Report in 1991, the
clinical application of pulmonary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with lung …

Rationale: Oxygen-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been proposed as a
useful tool for assessing regional morphological and functional changes in chronic …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to prospectively compare the utility of dynamic
contrast-enhanced perfusion MRI in the prediction of postoperative lung function in patients …

Morphological evaluation of the lung is important in the clinical evaluation of pulmonary
diseases. However, the disease process, especially in its early phases, may primarily result …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of the present study is to prospectively compare the capability of
dynamic oxygen-enhanced MRI and quantitative CT for pulmonary functional loss …

Oxygen-enhanced MR imaging is a new technique, and its physiological significance has
not yet been fully elucidated. This review article covers (1) the theory of oxygen …