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Measures of ventilation heterogeneity mapped with hyperpolarized helium-3 MRI demonstrate a T2-high phenotype in asthma.
Pediatric pulmonology - 1 Jun 2021
Gerald Teague W, Mata Jaime, Qing Kun, Tustison Nicholas J, Mugler John P, Meyer Craig H, de Lange Eduard E, Shim Yun M, Wavell Kristin, Altes Talissa A
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BACKGROUND: Hyperpolarized gas with helium (HHe-3) MR (magnetic resonance) is a noninvasive imaging method which maps and quantifies regions of ventilation heterogeneity (VH) in the lung. VH is an important feature of asthma, but little is known as to how VH informs patient phenotypes. PURPOSE: To determine if VH indicators quantified by HHe-3 MR imaging (MRI) predict phenotypic characteristics and map to regions...
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