Rapid lung ventilation MRI using parahydrogen-induced polarization of propane gas
Md Raduanul H. Chowdhury, Clementinah Oladun, Nuwandi M. Ariyasingha, Anna Samoilenko, Tarek Bawardi, Dudari B. Burueva, Oleg G. Salnikov, Larisa M. Kovtunova, V. I. Bukhtiyarov, Zhongjie Shi, Kehuan Luo, Sidhartha Tan, Juri G. Gelovani, Igor V. Koptyug, Boyd M. Goodson, Eduard Y. Chekmenev
Abstract
The feasibility of ultrafast (1.7 s) ventilation MRI with a 1 × 1 × 50 mm 3 voxel size is demonstrated using hyperpolarized propane gas contrast agent in excised rabbit lungs on a 0.35 T clinical MRI scanner without any scanner modification.
Topics & Concepts
PropaneScannerVentilation (architecture)VoxelMaterials scienceNuclear magnetic resonanceLungBiomedical engineeringChemistryNuclear medicineMedicineRadiologyOpticsPhysicsInternal medicineThermodynamicsOrganic chemistryAtomic and Subatomic Physics ResearchAdvanced NMR Techniques and ApplicationsAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications