Phase-cycled balanced SSFP imaging for non-contrast-enhanced functional lung imaging.
Efe IlicakSafa OzdemirLothar R SchadMeike WeisStefan O SchoenbergFrank Gerrit ZöllnerJascha ZappPublished in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2022)
Phase-cycled bSSFP acquisitions improve robustness against field inhomogeneity artifacts and significantly improve ventilation map homogeneity at both field strengths. As such, phase-cycled bSSFP may serve as a robust alternative in lung function assessments.
Keyphrases
- lung function
- contrast enhanced
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- diffusion weighted
- cystic fibrosis
- air pollution
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- diffusion weighted imaging
- mass spectrometry
- photodynamic therapy
- mechanical ventilation
- functional connectivity
- respiratory failure