Diverse cardiopulmonary diseases are associated with distinct xenon magnetic resonance imaging signatures.
Ziyi WangElianna A BierAparna SwaminathanKishan ParikhJohn NoulsMu HeJoseph G MammarappallilSheng LuoBastiaan DriehuysSudarshan RajagopalPublished in: The European respiratory journal (2019)
COPD, IPF, LHF and PAH each exhibit unique 129Xe MRI and dynamic spectroscopy signatures. These metrics may help with diagnostic challenges in cardiopulmonary disease and increase understanding of regional lung function and haemodynamics at the alveolar-capillary level.
Keyphrases
- lung function
- magnetic resonance imaging
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- contrast enhanced
- cystic fibrosis
- air pollution
- genome wide
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- computed tomography
- diffusion weighted imaging
- single molecule
- dna methylation
- magnetic resonance
- polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- solid state
- mass spectrometry
- gene expression