Assessment of regional lung ventilation has significant clinical value for the diagnosis and follow-up of pulmonary diseases. High-performance 0.55T systems have provided new opportunities for pulmonary imaging due to prolonged T2* and reduced susceptibility. Here, we describe an image-based regional lung ventilation assessment method based on real-time bSSFP imaging with 0.3s temporal and 1.64x1.64 mm2 spatial resolution, and feature tracking. In healthy adult volunteers, we demonstrate the ability to detect posture-related left-right differences in ventilation, and test-retest repeatability. We detected -5% to 64% regional volume changes throughout the respiratory cycle from end of exhalation to total lung capacity.
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