Rob H. Ireland1,2, Omar S. Din2,
James A. Swinscoe2, Edwin JR van Beek3, Matthew QF
Hatton2, Jim M. Wild1
1Academic Unit of Radiology, University
of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom; 2Academic Unit of
Clinical Oncology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom; 3Department
of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa, IA, United States
This
preliminary work demonstrates the feasibility of pre-treatment assessment of
lung ventilation and post-treatment detection of radiation-induced lung
damage using 3He-MRI for NSCLC patients.