Asthma affects an estimated 262 million people worldwide and caused over 461,000 deaths
in 2019. The disease is characterized by chronic airway inflammation, reversible …

Pulmonary functional imaging modalities such as computed tomography, magnetic
resonance imaging and nuclear imaging can quantitatively assess regional lung functional …

Introduction: The ideal contrast agents for ventilation SPECT and MRI are Technegas and
129Xe gas, respectively. Despite increasing interest in the clinical utility of ventilation …

Modern pulmonary imaging can reveal underlying pathological and pathophysiological
changes in the lungs of people with asthma, with important clinical implications. A multitude …

Lungs play the most important role in the gas exchange process by transferring oxygen from
the inhaled air to blood. Any chronic pulmonary abnormality eventually causes …

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 …

INTRODUCTION: Abnormal ventilation is the functional consequence of airway obstruction.
In patients with severe asthma, ventilation patterns visualized by magnetic resonance …

UTE proton MRI is getting more attention in structural and functional lung imaging. It
improves signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) from low T2* tissues such as the lung parenchyma, and …