Osamu Togao1, Marc van Cauteren2,
Yoshiharu Ohno3, Ivan Dimitrov1,2, Masaya Takahashi1
1Advanced Imaging Research Center,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States; 2MR
Clinical Science, Philips Healthcare, Best, Netherlands; 3Radiology,
Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe , Hyogo, Japan
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have demonstrated that an UTE sequence could bring inherent MR signal of the
lung parenchyma that closely related to the parenchymal tissue anatomy. We
hypothesize that the capability of the method to acquire inherent MR signal
of the lung parenchyma should allow us to assess changes in SI due to
inhalation of molecular oxygen or intravenous injection of gadolinium. In the
present study, we tested the feasibility of a T1-weighted UTE sequence for
assessment of regional pulmonary ventilation/perfusion which is essential for
the evaluation of a variety of lung diseases in a 3T clinical MRI system.
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