In this study, lung ventilation and gas uptake/exchange was assessed in healthy and interstitial lung disease (ILD) subject populations using 3D Single-Breath Chemical Shift Imaging, a combination of MR spectroscopic imaging and hyperpolarized xenon-129 gas imaging. By probing metrics such as Tissue/RBC, Tissue/Gas, RBC/Gas, T2* and chemical shifts in lung parenchyma and red blood cells, we find statistically significant distinctions in the lung physiology between healthy and ILD subjects.
This abstract and the presentation materials are available to members only; a login is required.