Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are a heterogeneous group of conditions, with a wide and
complex variety of imaging features. Difficulty in monitoring, treating and exploring novel …

The use of pulmonary MRI in a clinical setting has historically been limited. Whilst CT
remains the gold-standard for structural lung imaging in many clinical indications, technical …

Purpose Imaging of the different resonances of dissolved hyperpolarized xenon‐129
(129Xe) in the lung is performed using a four‐echo flyback 3D radial spectroscopic imaging …

Respiratory diseases are leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Pulmonary
imaging is an essential component of the diagnosis, treatment planning, monitoring, and …

Background Hyperpolarized gas MRI can quantify regional lung ventilation via biomarkers,
including the ventilation defect percentage (VDP). VDP is computed from segmentations …

Background Microvascular abnormalities and impaired gas transfer have been observed in
patients with COVID-19. The progression of pulmonary changes in these patients remains …

Introduction Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal disease of lung scarring. Many
patients later develop raised pulmonary vascular pressures, sometimes disproportionate to …

Purpose To compare imaging biomarkers from hyperpolarised 129 Xe ventilation MRI and
dynamic oxygen-enhanced MRI (OE-MRI) with standard pulmonary function tests (PFT) in …

Methods: Using the rate of decline in FVC% predicted in the 12 months prior to pirfenidone,
patients were stratified into slow (< 5%) or rapid (≥ 5%) decliner groups. Comparisons in …

Purpose To assess the use of image registration for correcting respiratory motion in free
breathing lung T1 mapping acquisition in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) …