Hyperpolarized 129Xenon MRI ventilation defect quantification via thresholding and linear binning in multiple pulmonary diseases

DJ Roach, MM Willmering, JW Plummer, LL Walkup… - Academic radiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Rationale There is no agreed upon method for quantifying ventilation defect percentage
(VDP) with high sensitivity and specificity from hyperpolarized (HP) gas ventilation MR …

Quantitative Hyperpolarized 129Xe Gas exchange MRI: Development and Applications

Z Wang - 2020 - search.proquest.com
Pulmonary diseases are one of the leading causes of death and contribute to major
healthcare cost in the United States. However, clinical treatment of these diseases has long …

Evaluating physiological gradients after bias field correction of Hyperpolarized 129 Xe Gas Ventilation MRI

J Lu, S Leewiwatwong, D Mummy, B Driehuys - archive.ismrm.org
Quantitative analysis of hyperpolarized 129 Xe ventilation imaging requires overcoming the
ill-posed problem of accurately correcting for bias field. The standard solution of N4ITK bias …