CT and PET should not be performed on patient repeatedly in short-term for monitoring the progression of diseases since the ionizing radiation and radioactivity. Herein, we tried to demonstrate the feasibility of hyperpolarized 129Xe MR for monitoring the progression of acute lung injury (ALI) in rats. Our results indicated hyperpolarized 129Xe MR has the potential to monitor the progression of ALI in rats.
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