Abstract #0644

Imaging of Lung Structure and Function in the Same Breath with Triple Nuclear (He-Xe-H) MRI

Jim M. Wild¹, Helen Marshall¹, Xiaojun Xu¹, Graham Norquay¹, Steven Parnell¹, Matthew Clemence², Paul Griffiths¹, Juan Parra-Robles¹

¹Academic Radiology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom; ²Philips Medical Systems, Best, Netherlands, Netherlands

The purpose of this work was development of methods for the acquisition, in the same breath-hold, of lung images from two hyperpolarized gases (3He and 129Xe) with simultaneous registered anatomical 1H MR images of lung structure.