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Pulmonary ventilation visualized using hyperpolarized helium-3 and xenon-129 magnetic resonance imaging: differences in COPD and relationship to emphysema

Abstract

In subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hyperpolarized xenon-129 ((129)Xe) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reveals significantly greater ventilation defects than hyperpolarized helium-3 ((3)He) MRI. The physiological and/or morphological determinants of ventilation defects and the differences observed between hyperpolarized (3)He and (129)Xe MRI are not yet understood. Here we aimed to determine the structural basis for …

Authors

Kirby M; Svenningsen S; Kanhere N; Owrangi A; Wheatley A; Coxson HO; Santyr GE; Paterson NAM; McCormack DG; Parraga G

Journal

Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 114, No. 6, pp. 707–715

Publisher

American Physiological Society

Publication Date

March 15, 2013

DOI

10.1152/japplphysiol.01206.2012

ISSN

8750-7587