High Resolution Morphology, Ventilation, and Perfusion of the Human Lung by 1H Imaging at 3.0 T

Andr Fischer¹, Stefan Weick², Christian Oliver Ritter¹, Dietbert Hahn¹, Herbert Kstler¹

This work presents a combination of retrospectively gated lung imaging using the DC signal and Fourier decomposition to obtain high resolution morphological and functional information. The data from six healthy volunteers were acquired using standard ¹H equipment without breathhold or ECG triggering on a clinical 3.0 T MR scanner. Perfusion- and ventilation-weighted images were successfully obtained and could be verified by comparison to standard Fourier decomposition (ventilation) and DCE-MRI (perfusion). In a following step, the proposed method will be tested on patients to investigate the diagnostic potential of this technique.