Pulmonary perfusion: respiratory-triggered three-dimensional MR imaging with arterial spin tagging--preliminary results in healthy volunteers

Radiology. 1999 Sep;212(3):890-5. doi: 10.1148/radiology.212.3.r99se35890.

Abstract

The authors used a spin-tagging method of magnetic resonance perfusion imaging to measure pulmonary perfusion in eight healthy volunteers with use of a respiratory-triggered three-dimensional pulse sequence. The average signal intensity (SI) decrease upon arterial labeling was 24%. The perfusion SI increased by 21% after exercise (P = .02). Focal blood flow abnormalities were observed in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Exercise / physiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Lung / blood supply*
  • Lung Diseases, Obstructive / diagnosis
  • Lung Diseases, Obstructive / physiopathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Regional Blood Flow / physiology
  • Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio / physiology*