Measurement of Regional 2D Gas Transport Efficiency in Rabbit Lung Using Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI

Scientific Reports
K RuppertRahim R Rizi

Abstract

While hyperpolarized xenon-129 (HXe) MRI offers a wide array of tools for assessing functional aspects of the lung, existing techniques provide only limited quantitative information about the impact of an observed pathology on overall lung function. By selectively destroying the alveolar HXe gas phase magnetization in a volume of interest and monitoring the subsequent decrease in the signal from xenon dissolved in the blood inside the left ventricle of the heart, it is possible to directly measure the contribution of that saturated lung volume to the gas transport capacity of the entire lung. In mechanically ventilated rabbits, we found that both xenon gas transport and transport efficiency exhibited a gravitation-induced anterior-to-posterior gradient that disappeared or reversed direction, respectively, when the animal was turned from supine to prone position. Further, posterior ventilation defects secondary to acute lung injury could be re-inflated by applying positive end expiratory pressure, although at the expense of decreased gas transport efficiency in the anterior volumes. These findings suggest that our technique might prove highly valuable for evaluating lung transplants and lung resections, and could improve our und...Continue Reading

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