Functional lung imaging with SENCEFUL using a 2D radial UTE-sequence at different echo times
Anne Slawig1, Andreas Max Weng1, Bernhard Petritsch1, Simon Veldhoen1, and Herbert Köstler1
1Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
The determination of functional lung
parameters, as determined by SENCEFUL-MRI, benefits from the increased signal
intensity a UTE-sequence can acquire in the lung.
a)
absolute perfusion values and b) perfusion phase as determined by SENCEFUL in
MRI acquisitions using a Cartesian or radial read-out scheme at different echo
times. c) Distribution of the perfusion phase values in the lung.
a)
ventilation maps as determined by SENCEFUL in MRI acquisitions using a Cartesian
or radial read-out scheme at different echo times. b) Distribution of the
absolute ventilation values in the lung.