Lung compliance is commonly used in clinical diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema, and it is generally measured using pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in clinic. In this study, the imaging methods including both hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI and micro-CT were used to quantify lung compliance in rats, and the significant correlation was found between these two imaging methods. Our study also demonstrates the feasibility of measuring lung compliance using hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI, which would contribute to fully understanding the lung function changes caused by the pulmonary diseases.
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