TY - JOUR
T1 - Overview of MRI for pulmonary functional imaging
AU - Ohno, Yoshiharu
AU - Hanamatsu, Satomu
AU - Obama, Yuki
AU - Ueda, Takahiro
AU - Ikeda, Hirotaka
AU - Hattori, Hidekazu
AU - Murayama, Kazuhiro
AU - Toyama, Hiroshi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology.
PY - 2022/4/1
Y1 - 2022/4/1
N2 - Morphological evaluation of the lung is important in the clinical evaluation of pulmonary diseases. However, the disease process, especially in its early phases, may primarily result in changes in pulmonary function without changing the pulmonary structure. In such cases, the traditional imaging approaches to pulmonary morphology may not provide sufficient insight into the underlying pathophysiology. Pulmonary imaging community has therefore tried to assess pulmonary diseases and functions utilizing not only nuclear medicine, but also CT and MR imaging with various tech-nical approaches. In this review, we overview state-of-the art MR methods and the future direction of: (1) ventilation imaging, (2) perfusion imaging and (3) biomechanical evaluation for pulmonary functional imaging.
AB - Morphological evaluation of the lung is important in the clinical evaluation of pulmonary diseases. However, the disease process, especially in its early phases, may primarily result in changes in pulmonary function without changing the pulmonary structure. In such cases, the traditional imaging approaches to pulmonary morphology may not provide sufficient insight into the underlying pathophysiology. Pulmonary imaging community has therefore tried to assess pulmonary diseases and functions utilizing not only nuclear medicine, but also CT and MR imaging with various tech-nical approaches. In this review, we overview state-of-the art MR methods and the future direction of: (1) ventilation imaging, (2) perfusion imaging and (3) biomechanical evaluation for pulmonary functional imaging.
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U2 - 10.1259/bjr.20201053
DO - 10.1259/bjr.20201053
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33529053
AN - SCOPUS:85127730028
SN - 0007-1285
VL - 95
JO - British Journal of Radiology
JF - British Journal of Radiology
IS - 1132
M1 - 20201053
ER -