Guilhem Jean Collier1,
Juan Parra-Robles1, Jim M. Wild1
1Department
of Cardiovascular Science, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire,
United Kingdom
The combination of phase contrast velocimetry sequence with hyperpolarized gases (helium-3 and xenon-129) was performed in-vivo to assess flow patterns and obtained velocity maps of airflow in the upper airways of the lungs (from the trachea to the third bifurcation of the lungs).