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.