3He‐MRI‐based vs. conventional determination of lung volumes in patients after unilateral lung transplantation: a new approach to regional spirometry

Background: To use 3Helium (3He)‐MRI in patients with unilateral lung grafts to assess the contributions of graft and native lung to total ventilated lung volume, and second to compare conventional measurements of intrapulmonary gas volume (spirometry, body plethysmography) with image‐based volumetry of ventilated lung parenchyma visualized by hyperpolarized 3He‐MRI.

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