Masaya Takahashi1, Osamu Togao1,
Riki Tsuji1, Ivan Dimitrov1
1Advanced Imaging Research Center, University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
The
utility of ultra-short TE (UTE) imaging in conjunction with projection
acquisition of the free induction decay helps to acquire the MR signal from
the lung parenchyma. We applied an UTE sequence for imaging of the murine
lung at different positive end-expiratory pressures (PEEP) in a 3 T clinical
MRI system. The signal intensity and T2* of the lung parenchyma measured with
a UTE sequence reduced as the PEEP became higher where the lung volume
increased. We found that both are
highly correlated with the lung volume.
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