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Abstract #2278

Imaging Hyperpolarized 129 Xe Uptake in Pulmonary Barrier and Red Blood Cells Using a 3D Radial 1-Point Dixon Approach: Results in Healthy Volunteers and Subjects with Pulmonary Fibrosis

Suryanarayanan S Kaushik 1,2 , Scott H Robertson 2,3 , Matthew S Freeman 2,3 , Craig Rackley 4 , Zackary I Cleveland 2,5 , Mu He 2 , Rohan S Virgincar 1,2 , Kevin T Kelly 6 , William M Foster 4 , Justus E Roos 5 , H Page McAdams 5 , and Bastiaan Driehuys 2,5

1 Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, 2 Center for In Vivo Microscopy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States, 3 Graduate Program in Medical Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, 4 Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States, 5 Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States, 6 Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States

MRI of dissolved-phase hyperpolarized 129 Xe has emerged as a non-invasive probe of gas-exchange in the lung. Through dissolved-phase spectroscopy resolving the 197 ppm barrier tissue and 217 ppm red blood cells (RBC) resonances, we have shown that subjects with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) display a dramatically reduced RBC signal, indicative of diffusion limitation. Here, we show the initial results in creating separate images of 129 Xe in the barrier tissue and the RBCs, using a 3D 1-pt Dixon approach. Preliminary application of the technique to PF now reveals diffusion impairment regionally.

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