Abstract #2370

Feasibility of 19F Lung Imaging On A 0.5T Multi-Nuclear Upright Paramed MRI Scanner By Imaging Proton on HFC Gas.

James Harkin¹, Robert Irwin¹, Peter Thelwall², and Michael Barlow¹

¹Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ²Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Using a multinuclear 0.5T Paramed Medical Systems MROpen Upright MRI scanner the feasibility of ¹⁹F imaging was assessed. The upright and open design of the scanner makes imaging more comfortable for patients and allows for imaging in later stages of respiratory diseases. It proved to be possible to image ¹H of a fluorinated gas within a single repetition and there is an expectation of at least a 2.5 fold improvement in signal when moving to ¹⁹F.

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