Evaluation of Regional Lung Function in Pulmonary Fibrosis with Xenon-129 MRI

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a pattern of interstitial lung disease, is often clinically unpredictable in its progression. This paper presents hyperpolarized Xenon-129 chemical shift imaging as a noninvasive, nonradioactive method of probing lung physiology as well as anatomy to monitor subtle cha...

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Main Authors: Jaime Mata, Steven Guan, Kun Qing, Nicholas Tustison, Yun Shim, John P. Mugler, Talissa Altes, Jhosep Huaromo, Borna Mehrad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Tomography
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2379-139X/7/3/39