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Abstract #1347

Image-Based Measurement of T2* for Dissolved-Phase Xe129 in the Human Lung

John P. Mugler, III1, Talissa A. Altes1, Iulian C. Ruset2, 3, G. Wilson Miller1, Jaime F. Mata1, Kun Qing4, Igor Tsentalovich2, F. William Hersman2, 3, Kai Ruppert1

1Radiology & Medical Imaging, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States; 2Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States; 3Xemed, LLC, Durham, NH, United States; 4Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States


The T2* of dissolved-phase Xe129 in the lung was measured in three healthy subjects. Median T2* values ranged between 2.0 and 2.3 ms.