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T2* and proton density measurement of normal human lung parenchyma using submillisecond echo time gradient echo magnetic resonance imaging.

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OBJECTIVE:To obtain T2* and proton density measurements of normal human lung parenchyma in vivo using submillisecond echo time (TE) gradient echo (GRE) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Six normal volunteers were scanned using a 1.5-T system equipped with a prototype enhanced gradient (GE Signa, Waukausha, WI). Images were obtained during breath-holding with acquisition times of 7-16 s. Multiple TEs ranging from 0.7 to 2.5 ms were tested. Linear regression was performed on the logarithmic plots of signal intensity versus TE, yielding measurements of T2* and proton density relative to chest wall muscle. Measurements in supine and prone position were compared, and effects of the level of lung inflation on lung signal were also evaluated. RESULTS:The signal from the lung parenchyma diminished exponentially with prolongation of TE. The measured T2* in six normal volunteers ranged from 0.89 to 2.18 ms (1.43 +/- 0.41 ms, mean +/- S.D.). The measured relative proton density values ranged between 0.21 and 0.45 (0.29 +/- 0.08, mean +/- S.D.). Calculated T2* values of 1.46 +/- 0.50, 1.01 +/- 0.29 and 1.52 +/- 0.18 ms, and calculated relative proton densities of 0.20 +/- 0.03, 0.32 +/- 0.13 and 0.35 +/- 0.10 were obtained from the anterior, middle and posterior portions of the supine right lung, respectively. The anterior-posterior proton density gradient was reversed in the prone position. There was a pronounced increase in signal from lung parenchyma at maximum expiration compared with maximum inspiration. The ultrashort TE GRE technique yielded images demonstrating signal from lung parenchyma with minimal motion-induced noise. CONCLUSION:Quantitative in vivo measurements of lung T2* and relative proton density in conjunction with high-signal parenchymal images can be obtained using a set of very rapid breath-hold images with a recently developed ultrashort TE GRE sequence.

journal_name

Eur J Radiol

journal_title

European journal of radiology

authors

Hatabu H,Alsop DC,Listerud J,Bonnet M,Gefter WB

doi

10.1016/s0720-048x(98)00169-7

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pub_date

1999-03-01 00:00:00

pages

245-52

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eissn

0720-048X

issn

1872-7727

pii

S0720048X98001697

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T2* and proton density measurement of normal human lung parenchyma using submillisecond echo time gradient echo magnetic resonance imaging.