Hyperpolarized gas imaging in lung diseases: functional and artificial intelligence perspective

Z Zhang, H Li, S Xiao, Q Zhou, S Liu, X Zhou, L Fan - Academic Radiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Pathophysiologic changes in lung diseases are often accompanied by changes in
ventilation and gas exchange. Comprehensive evaluation of lung function cannot be …

Personalized medicine in asthma: Current approach and future perspectives

S Nolasco, C Crimi, R Campisi - Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2023 - mdpi.com
Asthma is one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases, affecting over 300 million
people worldwide [1]. It is defined by intermittent bronchospasms that cause symptoms such …

New Frontiers in Asthma Chest Imaging

AM Matheson, J Johnstone, PJ Niedbalski… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Modern pulmonary imaging can reveal underlying pathological and pathophysiological
changes in the lungs of people with asthma, with important clinical implications. A multitude …

Combining neural networks and image synthesis to enable automatic thoracic cavity segmentation of hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI without proton scans

S Leewiwatwong, J Lu, I Dummer, K Yarnall… - Magnetic Resonance …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rationale and objectives Quantification of 129 Xe MRI relies on accurate segmentation of
the thoracic cavity, typically performed manually using a combination of 1 H and 129 Xe …

[HTML][HTML] 129Xe MRI Ventilation Textures and Longitudinal Quality-of-Life Improvements in Long-COVID

HK Kooner, M Sharma, MJ McIntosh, I Dhaliwal… - Academic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives It remains difficult to predict longitudinal outcomes in long-COVID,
even with chest CT and functional MRI. 129 Xe MRI reflects airway dysfunction, measured …

Pulmonary 129Xe MRI: CNN Registration and Segmentation to Generate Ventilation Defect Percent with Multi-center Validation

A Mozaffaripour, AM Matheson, O Rahman… - Academic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rationale and Objectives Hyperpolarized 129 Xe MRI quantifies ventilation-defect-percent
(VDP), the ratio of 129 Xe signal-void to the anatomic 1 H MRI thoracic-cavity-volume. VDP …

[HTML][HTML] 129Xe MRI and Oscillometry of Irritant-Induced Asthma After Bronchial Thermoplasty

MJ McIntosh, JJ Hofmann, HK Kooner, RL Eddy… - Chest, 2024 - Elsevier
Irritant-induced asthma (IIA) may develop after acute inhalational exposure in individuals
without preexisting asthma. The effect of bronchial thermoplasty to treat intractable …

Structure and Function of Long-COVID Evaluated Using Pulmonary Imaging

HK Kooner - 2024 - search.proquest.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in millions of global respiratory infections, ranging in
severity from asymptomatic to fatal. One of the many consequences of the pandemic is the …

Nuclear spin relaxation

MCD Tayler - 2024 - books.rsc.org
This chapter explores current theoretical and experimental trends in nuclear spin relaxation,
providing a digest of around 100 research papers published between 2022 and mid 2023 …

129Xe Magnetic Resonance Imaging Ventilation Phenotypes of Severe Asthma

A Thakar - 2024 - macsphere.mcmaster.ca
INTRODUCTION: Abnormal ventilation is the functional consequence of airway obstruction.
In patients with severe asthma, ventilation patterns visualized by magnetic resonance …