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Han V, Reeder CP, Hernández-Morales M, Liu C. Any-nucleus distributed active programmable transmit coil. Magn Reson Med 2024; 92:389-405. [PMID: 38342981 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.30044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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PURPOSE There are 118 known elements. Nearly all of them have NMR active isotopes and at least 39 different nuclei have biological relevance. Despite this, most of today's MRI is based on only one nucleus-1H. To facilitate imaging all potential nuclei, we present a single transmit coil able to excite arbitrary nuclei in human-scale MRI. THEORY AND METHODS We present a completely new type of RF coil, the Any-nucleus Distributed Active Programmable Transmit Coil (ADAPT Coil), with fast switches integrated into the structure of the coil to allow it to operate at any relevant frequency. This coil eliminates the need for the expensive traditional RF amplifier by directly converting direct current (DC) power into RF magnetic fields with frequencies chosen by digital control signals sent to the switches. Semiconductor switch imperfections are overcome by segmenting the coil. RESULTS Circuit simulations demonstrated the effectiveness of the ADAPT Coil approach, and a 9 cm diameter surface ADAPT Coil was implemented. Using the ADAPT Coil, 1H, 23Na, 2H, and 13C phantom images were acquired, and 1H and 23Na ex vivo images were acquired. To excite different nuclei, only digital control signals were changed, which can be programmed in real time. CONCLUSION The ADAPT Coil presents a low-cost, scalable, and efficient method for exciting arbitrary nuclei in human-scale MRI. This coil concept provides further opportunities for scaling, programmability, lowering coil costs, lowering dead-time, streamlining multinuclear MRI workflows, and enabling the study of dozens of biologically relevant nuclei.
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- Victor Han
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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Ariyasingha NM, Chowdhury MRH, Samoilenko A, Salnikov OG, Chukanov NV, Kovtunova LM, Bukhtiyarov VI, Shi Z, Luo K, Tan S, Koptyug IV, Goodson BM, Chekmenev EY. Toward Lung Ventilation Imaging Using Hyperpolarized Diethyl Ether Gas Contrast Agent. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202304071. [PMID: 38381807 PMCID: PMC11065616 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202304071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Hyperpolarized 129Xe gas was FDA-approved as an inhalable contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging of a wide range of pulmonary diseases in December 2022. Despite the remarkable success in clinical research settings, the widespread clinical translation of HP 129Xe gas faces two critical challenges: the high cost of the relatively low-throughput hyperpolarization equipment and the lack of 129Xe imaging capability on clinical MRI scanners, which have narrow-bandwidth electronics designed only for proton (1H) imaging. To solve this translational grand challenge of gaseous hyperpolarized MRI contrast agents, here we demonstrate the utility of batch-mode production of proton-hyperpolarized diethyl ether gas via heterogeneous pairwise addition of parahydrogen to ethyl vinyl ether. An approximately 0.1-liter bolus of hyperpolarized diethyl ether gas was produced in 1 second and injected in excised rabbit lungs. Lung ventilation imaging was performed using sub-second 2D MRI with up to 2×2 mm2 in-plane resolution using a clinical 0.35 T MRI scanner without any modifications. This feasibility demonstration paves the way for the use of inhalable diethyl ether as a gaseous contrast agent for pulmonary MRI applications using any clinical MRI scanner.
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- Nuwandi M Ariyasingha
- Department of Chemistry, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI-48202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI-48202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI-48202, USA
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3 A Institutskaya Street, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3 A Institutskaya Street, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3 A Institutskaya Street, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Acad. Lavrentiev Pr, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 5 Acad. Lavrentiev Pr, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI-48202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI-48202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI-48202, USA
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, 3 A Institutskaya Street, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL-62901, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI-48202, USA
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Tong Y, Udupa JK, McDonough JM, Xie L, Hao Y, Akhtar Y, Wu C, Rajapakse CS, Gogel S, Mayer OH, Anari JB, Torigian DA, Cahill PJ. Virtual Growing Child (VGC): A general normative comparative system via quantitative dynamic MRI for quantifying pediatric regional respiratory anomalies with application in thoracic insufficiency syndrome (TIS). BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.28.591554. [PMID: 38746219 PMCID: PMC11092456 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.28.591554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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Background A normative database of regional respiratory structure and function in healthy children does not exist. Methods VGC provides a database with four categories of regional respiratory measurement parameters including morphological, architectural, dynamic, and developmental. The database has 3,820 3D segmentations (around 100,000 2D slices with segmentations). Age and gender group analysis and comparisons for healthy children were performed using those parameters via two-sided t-testing to compare mean measurements, for left and right sides at end-inspiration (EI) and end-expiration (EE), for different age and gender specific groups. We also apply VGC measurements for comparison with TIS patients via an extrapolation approach to estimate the association between measurement and age via a linear model and to predict measurements for TIS patients. Furthermore, we check the Mahalanobis distance between TIS patients and healthy children of corresponding age. Findings The difference between male and female groups (10-12 years) behave differently from that in other age groups which is consistent with physiology/natural growth behavior related to adolescence with higher right lung and right diaphragm tidal volumes for females(p<0.05). The comparison of TIS patients before and after surgery show that the right and left components are not symmetrical, and the left side diaphragm height and tidal volume has been significantly improved after surgery (p <0.05). The left lung volume at EE, and left diaphragm height at EI of TIS patients after surgery are closer to the normal children with a significant smaller Mahalanobis distance (MD) after surgery (p<0.05). Interpretation The VGC system can serve as a reference standard to quantify regional respiratory abnormalities on dMRI in young patients with various respiratory conditions and facilitate treatment planning and response assessment. Funding The grant R01HL150147 from the National Institutes of Health (PI Udupa).
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Abston E, Zhou IY, Saenger JA, Shuvaev S, Akam E, Esfahani SA, Hariri LP, Rotile NJ, Crowley E, Montesi SB, Humblet V, Arabasz G, Khandekar M, Catana C, Fintelmann FJ, Caravan P, Lanuti M. Noninvasive Quantification of Radiation-Induced Lung Injury Using a Targeted Molecular Imaging Probe. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2024; 118:1228-1239. [PMID: 38072325 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.11.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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PURPOSE Radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) is a progressive inflammatory process seen after irradiation for lung cancer. The disease can be insidious, often characterized by acute pneumonitis followed by chronic fibrosis with significant associated morbidity. No therapies are approved for RILI, and accurate disease quantification is a major barrier to improved management. Here, we sought to noninvasively quantify RILI using a molecular imaging probe that specifically targets type 1 collagen in mouse models and patients with confirmed RILI. METHODS AND MATERIALS Using a murine model of lung radiation, mice were imaged with EP-3533, a type 1 collagen probe, to characterize the development of RILI and to assess disease mitigation after losartan treatment. The human analog probe 68Ga-CBP8, targeting type 1 collagen, was tested on excised human lung tissue containing RILI and was quantified via autoradiography. 68Ga-CBP8 positron emission tomography was used to assess RILI in vivo in 6 human subjects. RESULTS Murine models demonstrated that probe signal correlated with progressive RILI severity over 6 months. The probe was sensitive to mitigation of RILI by losartan. Excised human lung tissue with RILI had increased binding versus unirradiated control tissue, and 68Ga-CBP8 uptake correlated with collagen proportional area. Human imaging revealed significant 68Ga-CBP8 uptake in areas of RILI and minimal background uptake. CONCLUSIONS These findings support the ability of a molecular imaging probe targeted at type 1 collagen to detect RILI in preclinical models and human disease, suggesting a role for targeted molecular imaging of collagen in the assessment of RILI.
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- Eric Abston
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Siora A, Vontetsianos A, Chynkiamis N, Anagnostopoulou C, Bartziokas K, Anagnostopoulos N, Rovina N, Bakakos P, Papaioannou AI. Small airways in asthma: From inflammation and pathophysiology to treatment response. Respir Med 2024; 222:107532. [PMID: 38228215 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2024.107532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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Small airways are characterized as those with an inner diameter less than 2 mm and constitute a major site of pathology and inflammation in asthma disease. It is estimated that small airways dysfunction may occur before the emergence of noticeable symptoms, spirometric abnormalities and imaging findings, thus characterizing them as "the quiet or silent zone" of the lungs. Despite their importance, measuring and quantifying small airways dysfunction presents a considerable challenge due to their inaccessibility in usual functional measurements, primarily due to their size and peripheral localization. Several pulmonary function tests have been proposed for the assessment of the small airways, including impulse oscillometry, nitrogen washout, body plethysmography, as well as imaging methods. Nevertheless, none of these methods has been established as the definitive "gold standard," thus, a combination of them should be used for an effective assessment of the small airways. Widely used asthma treatments seem to also affect several parameters of the small airways. Emerging biologic treatments show promising results in reducing small airways inflammation and remodelling, providing evidence for potential alterations in the disease's progression and outcomes. These novel therapies have implications not only in the clinical aspects of asthma but also in its inflammatory and functional aspects.
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- Anastasia Siora
- 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Sotiria Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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- 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Sotiria Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Sotiria Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Sotiria Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Sotiria Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Sotiria Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Sotiria Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Sotiria Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Hofmann JJ, Poulos VC, Zhou J, Sharma M, Parraga G, McIntosh MJ. Review of quantitative and functional lung imaging evidence of vaping-related lung injury. Front Med (Lausanne) 2024; 11:1285361. [PMID: 38327710 PMCID: PMC10847544 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1285361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024] Open
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Introduction The pulmonary effects of e-cigarette use (or vaping) became a healthcare concern in 2019, following the rapid increase of e-cigarette-related or vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) in young people, which resulted in the critical care admission of thousands of teenagers and young adults. Pulmonary functional imaging is well-positioned to provide information about the acute and chronic effects of vaping. We generated a systematic review to retrieve relevant imaging studies that describe the acute and chronic imaging findings that underly vaping-related lung structure-function abnormalities. Methods A systematic review was undertaken on June 13th, 2023 using PubMed to search for published manuscripts using the following criteria: [("Vaping" OR "e-cigarette" OR "EVALI") AND ("MRI" OR "CT" OR "Imaging")]. We included only studies involving human participants, vaping/e-cigarette use, and MRI, CT and/or PET. Results The search identified 445 manuscripts, of which 110 (668 unique participants) specifically mentioned MRI, PET or CT imaging in cases or retrospective case series of patients who vaped. This included 105 manuscripts specific to CT (626 participants), three manuscripts which mainly used MRI (23 participants), and two manuscripts which described PET findings (20 participants). Most studies were conducted in North America (n = 90), with the remaining studies conducted in Europe (n = 15), Asia (n = 4) and South America (n = 1). The vast majority of publications described case studies (n = 93) and a few described larger retrospective or prospective studies (n = 17). In e-cigarette users and patients with EVALI, key CT findings included ground-glass opacities, consolidations and subpleural sparing, MRI revealed abnormal ventilation, perfusion and ventilation/perfusion matching, while PET showed evidence of pulmonary inflammation. Discussion and conclusion Pulmonary structural and functional imaging abnormalities were common in patients with EVALI and in e-cigarette users with or without respiratory symptoms, which suggests that functional MRI may be helpful in the investigation of the pulmonary health effects associated with e-cigarette use.
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- Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
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- Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, London, ON, Canada
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- Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Medical Imaging, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, London, ON, Canada
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Mokbel K, Kodresko A, Ghazal H, Mokbel R, Trembley J, Jouhara H. Cryogenic Media in Biomedical Applications: Current Advances, Challenges, and Future Perspectives. In Vivo 2024; 38:1-39. [PMID: 38148045 PMCID: PMC10756490 DOI: 10.21873/invivo.13407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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This paper explores the crucial role of cryogenic mediums in driving breakthroughs within the biomedical sector. The objective was to investigate, critically discuss, and present the current knowledge and state-of-the-art practices, along with the challenges and perspectives of the most common applications. Through an extensive literature review, this work aims to supplement existing research, offering a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of the subject. Biomedical research involving cryogenic mediums is advancing on multiple fronts, including the development of advanced medical technologies, clinical treatments for life-threatening conditions, high-quality biospecimen preservation, and antimicrobial interventions in industrial food processing. These advances open new horizons and present cutting-edge opportunities for research and the medical community. While the current body of evidence showcases the impressive impact of cryogenic mediums, such as nitrogen, helium, argon, and oxygen, on revolutionary developments, reaching definitive conclusions on their efficiency and safety remains challenging due to process complexity and research scarcity with a moderate certainty of evidence. Knowledge gaps further underline the need for additional studies to facilitate cryogenic research in developing innovative technological processes in biomedicine. These advancements have the potential to reshape the modern world and significantly enhance the quality of life for people worldwide.
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- Kefah Mokbel
- The London Breast Institute, Princess Grace Hospital, London, U.K
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- Heat Pipe and Thermal Management Research Group, College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University, London, U.K
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- Kingston University, School of Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston Upon Thames, U.K
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- The Princess Grace Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK, London, U.K
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- Air Products PLC, Hersham Place Technology Park, Surrey, U.K
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- Heat Pipe and Thermal Management Research Group, College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University, London, U.K.;
- Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Sharma M, Wyszkiewicz PV, Matheson AM, McCormack DG, Parraga G. Chest MRI and CT Predictors of 10-Year All-Cause Mortality in COPD. COPD 2023; 20:307-320. [PMID: 37737132 DOI: 10.1080/15412555.2023.2259224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Pulmonary imaging measurements using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) have the potential to deepen our understanding of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by measuring airway and parenchymal pathologic information that cannot be provided by spirometry. Currently, MRI and CT measurements are not included in mortality risk predictions, diagnosis, or COPD staging. We evaluated baseline pulmonary function, MRI and CT measurements alongside imaging texture-features to predict 10-year all-cause mortality in ex-smokers with (n = 93; 31 females; 70 ± 9years) and without (n = 69; 29 females, 69 ± 9years) COPD. CT airway and vessel measurements, helium-3 (3He) MRI ventilation defect percent (VDP) and apparent diffusion coefficients (ADC) were quantified. MRI and CT texture-features were extracted using PyRadiomics (version2.2.0). Associations between 10-year all-cause mortality and all clinical and imaging measurements were evaluated using multivariable regression model odds-ratios. Machine-learning predictive models for 10-year all-cause mortality were evaluated using area-under-receiver-operator-characteristic-curve (AUC), sensitivity and specificity analyses. DLCO (%pred) (HR = 0.955, 95%CI: 0.934-0.976, p < 0.001), MRI ADC (HR = 1.843, 95%CI: 1.260-2.871, p < 0.001), and CT informational-measure-of-correlation (HR = 3.546, 95% CI: 1.660-7.573, p = 0.001) were the strongest predictors of 10-year mortality. A machine-learning model trained on clinical, imaging, and imaging textures was the best predictive model (AUC = 0.82, sensitivity = 83%, specificity = 84%) and outperformed the solely clinical model (AUC = 0.76, sensitivity = 77%, specificity = 79%). In ex-smokers, regardless of COPD status, addition of CT and MR imaging texture measurements to clinical models provided unique prognostic information of mortality risk that can allow for better clinical management.Clinical Trial Registration: www.clinicaltrials.gov NCT02279329.
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- Maksym Sharma
- Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada
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- Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada
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- Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada
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- Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Canada
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- Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada
- Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Canada
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Western University, London, Canada
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Lee S, Lee HY, Park J, Kim H, Park JY. Assessment of Pulmonary Ventilation Using 3D Ventilation Flow-Weighted and Ventilation-Weighted Maps From 3D Ultrashort Echo Time (UTE) MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging 2023. [PMID: 37970646 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.29129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Three-dimensional (3D) ventilation flow-weighted (VFW) maps together with 3D ventilation-weighted (VW) maps may help to better assess pulmonary function. PURPOSE To investigate the use of 3D VFW and VW maps for evaluating pulmonary ventilation function. STUDY TYPE Prospective. POPULATION Two patients (one male, 85 years old; one female, 64 years old) with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and nine healthy subjects (all male; 23-27 years). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE 3-T, 3D radial UTE imaging. ASSESSMENT 3D VFW and VW maps were calculated from 3D UTE MRI by voxel-wise subtraction of respiratory phase images. Their validation was tested in nine healthy volunteers using slow/deep and fast/shallow breathing conditions. Additional validation was performed by comparison with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) ventilation maps of one healthy participant. For comparison, gravity dependence of anterior-posterior regional ventilation was assessed by one-dimensional plot of the mean signal intensity for each coronal slice. Structural similarity index measure was also calculated. Finally, VW maps and VFW maps of two COPD patients were evaluated for emphysema lesions with reference to CT images. STATISTICAL TESTS Wilcoxon sign-rank tests for regional Ventilation and Ventilation flow, analysis of variance, post-hoc t-tests and Bonferroni correction, coefficient of variation, Kullback-Liebler divergence. A P-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS The validation of 3D VFW and VW maps was shown by statistically significant differences in ventilation flow and ventilation between the breathing conditions. Additionally, UTE-MRI and SPECT-based ventilation maps showed gravitational dependence in the anteroposterior direction. When applied to patients with COPD, the use of 3D VFW and VW maps was able to differentiate between two patients with different phenotypes. DATA CONCLUSION The use of 3D VFW and VW maps can provide regional information on ventilation function and potentially contribute to assessment of COPD subtypes and disease progression. EVIDENCE LEVEL 2 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 1.
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- Seokwon Lee
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Intelligent Precision Healthcare Convergence, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Intelligent Precision Healthcare Convergence, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Intelligent Precision Healthcare Convergence, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Kim SY, Park S, Cui R, Lee H, Choi H, Farh MEA, Jo HI, Lee JH, Song HJ, Lee YJ, Lee YS, Lee BY, Cho J. NXC736 Attenuates Radiation-Induced Lung Fibrosis via Regulating NLRP3/IL-1β Signaling Pathway. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16265. [PMID: 38003456 PMCID: PMC10671169 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242216265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Radiation-induced lung fibrosis (RILF) is a common complication of radiotherapy in lung cancer. However, to date no effective treatment has been developed for this condition. NXC736 is a novel small-molecule compound that inhibits NLRP3, but its effect on RILF is unknown. NLRP3 activation is an important trigger for the development of RILF. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effect of NXC736 on lung fibrosis inhibition using a RILF animal model and to elucidate its molecular signaling pathway. The left lungs of mice were irradiated with a single dose of 75 Gy. We observed that NXC736 treatment inhibited collagen deposition and inflammatory cell infiltration in irradiated mouse lung tissues. The damaged lung volume, evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging, was lower in NXC736-treated mice than in irradiated mice. NXC736-treated mice exhibited significant changes in lung function parameters. NXC736 inhibited inflammasome activation by interfering with the NLRP3-ASC-cleaved caspase-1 interaction, thereby reducing the expression of IL-1β and blocking the fibrotic pathway. In addition, NXC736 treatment reduced the expression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers such as α-SMA, vimentin, and twist by blocking the Smad 2,3,4 signaling pathway. These data suggested that NXC736 is a potent therapeutic agent against RILF.
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- Sang Yeon Kim
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Nextgen Bioscience, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si 13487, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Science, Seoul 01812, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and College of Pharmacy, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Nextgen Bioscience, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si 13487, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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Abston E, Zhou IY, Saenger JA, Shuvaev S, Akam E, Esfahani SA, Hariri LP, Rotile NJ, Crowley E, Montesi SB, Humblet V, Arabasz G, Catana C, Fintelmann FJ, Caravan P, Lanuti M. Noninvasive Quantification of Radiation-Induced Lung Injury using a Targeted Molecular Imaging Probe. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2023:2023.09.25.23295897. [PMID: 37808864 PMCID: PMC10557816 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.25.23295897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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Rationale Radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) is a progressive inflammatory process commonly seen following irradiation for lung cancer. The disease can be insidious, often characterized by acute pneumonitis followed by chronic fibrosis with significant associated morbidity. No therapies are approved for RILI, and accurate disease quantification is a major barrier to improved management. Objective To noninvasively quantify RILI, utilizing a molecular imaging probe that specifically targets type 1 collagen in mouse models and patients with confirmed RILI. Methods Using a murine model of lung radiation, mice were imaged with EP-3533, a type 1 collagen probe to characterize the development of RILI and to assess disease mitigation following losartan treatment. The human analog probe targeted against type 1 collagen, 68Ga-CBP8, was tested on excised human lung tissue containing RILI and quantified via autoradiography. Finally, 68Ga-CBP8 PET was used to assess RILI in vivo in six human subjects. Results Murine models demonstrated that probe signal correlated with progressive RILI severity over six-months. The probe was sensitive to mitigation of RILI by losartan. Excised human lung tissue with RILI had increased binding vs unirradiated control tissue and 68Ga-CBP8 uptake correlated with collagen proportional area. Human imaging revealed significant 68Ga-CBP8 uptake in areas of RILI and minimal background uptake. Conclusions These findings support the ability of a molecular imaging probe targeted at type 1 collagen to detect RILI in preclinical models and human disease, suggesting a role for targeted molecular imaging of collagen in the assessment of RILI.Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04485286, NCT03535545).
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- Eric Abston
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- The Institute for Innovation in Imaging Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- The Institute for Innovation in Imaging Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- The Institute for Innovation in Imaging Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- The Institute for Innovation in Imaging Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- The Institute for Innovation in Imaging Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Krivdin LB. An overview of Helium-3 NMR: Recent developments and applications. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 136-137:83-109. [PMID: 37716756 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2023.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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The present review is focused on experimental and theoretical methods together with applications of helium NMR in chemistry and biochemistry. It comprises two main sections, the first dealing with standardization and instrumentation for 3He NMR spectroscopy and the second dealing with its practical applications, mainly those in general and organic chemistry with a special emphasis on the rapidly developing and exciting area of fullerenes encapsulating helium atoms. Several general applications of 3He NMR spectroscopy in physical chemistry and biomedicine are also briefly discussed.
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- Leonid B Krivdin
- A.E. Favorsky Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Favorsky St. 1, 664033 Irkutsk, Russia.
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Chung SH, Huynh KM, Goralski JL, Chen Y, Yap PT, Ceppe AS, Powell MZ, Donaldson SH, Lee YZ. Feasibility of free-breathing 19 F MRI image acquisition to characterize ventilation defects in CF and healthy volunteers at wash-in. Magn Reson Med 2023; 90:79-89. [PMID: 36912481 PMCID: PMC10149612 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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PURPOSE To explore the feasibility of measuring ventilation defect percentage (VDP) using 19 F MRI during free-breathing wash-in of fluorinated gas mixture with postacquisition denoising and to compare these results with those obtained through traditional Cartesian breath-hold acquisitions. METHODS Eight adults with cystic fibrosis and 5 healthy volunteers completed a single MR session on a Siemens 3T Prisma. 1 H Ultrashort-TE MRI sequences were used for registration and masking, and ventilation images with 19 F MRI were obtained while the subjects breathed a normoxic mixture of 79% perfluoropropane and 21% oxygen (O2 ). 19 F MRI was performed during breath holds and while free breathing with one overlapping spiral scan at breath hold for VDP value comparison. The 19 F spiral data were denoised using a low-rank matrix recovery approach. RESULTS VDP measured using 19 F VIBE and 19 F spiral images were highly correlated (r = 0.84) at 10 wash-in breaths. Second-breath VDPs were also highly correlated (r = 0.88). Denoising greatly increased SNR (pre-denoising spiral SNR, 2.46 ± 0.21; post-denoising spiral SNR, 33.91 ± 6.12; and breath-hold SNR, 17.52 ± 2.08). CONCLUSION Free-breathing 19 F lung MRI VDP analysis was feasible and highly correlated with breath-hold measurements. Free-breathing methods are expected to increase patient comfort and extend ventilation MRI use to patients who are unable to perform breath holds, including younger subjects and those with more severe lung disease.
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- Sang Hun Chung
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.,Marsico Lung Institute/UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.,Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.,Marsico Lung Institute/UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Marsico Lung Institute/UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.,Marsico Lung Institute/UNC Cystic Fibrosis Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.,Department of Radiology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Aegerter H, Lambrecht BN. The Pathology of Asthma: What Is Obstructing Our View? ANNUAL REVIEW OF PATHOLOGY 2023; 18:387-409. [PMID: 36270294 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-pathol-042220-015902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Despite the advent of sophisticated and efficient new biologics to treat inflammation in asthma, the disease persists. Even following treatment, many patients still experience the well-known symptoms of wheezing, shortness of breath, and coughing. What are we missing? Here we examine the evidence that mucus plugs contribute to a substantial portion of disease, not only by physically obstructing the airways but also by perpetuating inflammation. In this way, mucus plugs may act as an immunogenic stimulus even in the absence of allergen or with the use of current therapeutics. The alterations of several parameters of mucus biology, driven by type 2 inflammation, result in sticky and tenacious sputum, which represents a potent threat, first due to the difficulties in expectoration and second by acting as a platform for viral, bacterial, or fungal colonization that allows exacerbations. Therefore, in this way, mucus plugs are an overlooked but critical feature of asthmatic airway disease.
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- Helena Aegerter
- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; .,Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium; .,Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Ahookhosh K, Vanoirbeek J, Vande Velde G. Lung function measurements in preclinical research: What has been done and where is it headed? Front Physiol 2023; 14:1130096. [PMID: 37035677 PMCID: PMC10073442 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1130096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2023] Open
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Due to the close interaction of lung morphology and functions, repeatable measurements of pulmonary function during longitudinal studies on lung pathophysiology and treatment efficacy have been a great area of interest for lung researchers. Spirometry, as a simple and quick procedure that depends on the maximal inspiration of the patient, is the most common lung function test in clinics that measures lung volumes against time. Similarly, in the preclinical area, plethysmography techniques offer lung functional parameters related to lung volumes. In the past few decades, many innovative techniques have been introduced for in vivo lung function measurements, while each one of these techniques has their own advantages and disadvantages. Before each experiment, depending on the sensitivity of the required pulmonary functional parameters, it should be decided whether an invasive or non-invasive approach is desired. On one hand, invasive techniques offer sensitive and specific readouts related to lung mechanics in anesthetized and tracheotomized animals at endpoints. On the other hand, non-invasive techniques allow repeatable lung function measurements in conscious, free-breathing animals with readouts related to the lung volumes. The biggest disadvantage of these standard techniques for lung function measurements is considering the lung as a single unit and providing only global readouts. However, recent advances in lung imaging modalities such as x-ray computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging opened new doors toward obtaining both anatomical and functional information from the same scan session, without the requirement for any extra pulmonary functional measurements, in more regional and non-invasive manners. Consequently, a new field of study called pulmonary functional imaging was born which focuses on introducing new techniques for regional quantification of lung function non-invasively using imaging-based techniques. This narrative review provides first an overview of both invasive and non-invasive conventional methods for lung function measurements, mostly focused on small animals for preclinical research, including discussions about their advantages and disadvantages. Then, we focus on those newly developed, non-invasive, imaging-based techniques that can provide either global or regional lung functional readouts at multiple time-points.
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- Kaveh Ahookhosh
- Biomedical MRI, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre of Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Biomedical MRI, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- *Correspondence: Greetje Vande Velde,
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Zhang X, Angelini ED, Haghpanah FS, Laine AF, Sun Y, Hiura GT, Dashnaw SM, Prince MR, Hoffman EA, Ambale-Venkatesh B, Lima JA, Wild JM, Hughes EW, Barr RG, Shen W. Quantification of lung ventilation defects on hyperpolarized MRI: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) COPD study. Magn Reson Imaging 2022; 92:140-149. [PMID: 35777684 PMCID: PMC9957614 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2022.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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PURPOSE To develop an end-to-end deep learning (DL) framework to segment ventilation defects on pulmonary hyperpolarized MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) study is a nested longitudinal case-control study in older smokers. Between February 2016 and July 2017, 56 participants (age, mean ± SD, 74 ± 8 years; 34 men) underwent same breath-hold proton (1H) and helium (3He) MRI, which were annotated for non-ventilated, hypo-ventilated, and normal-ventilated lungs. In this retrospective DL study, 820 1H and 3He slices from 42/56 (75%) participants were randomly selected for training, with the remaining 14/56 (25%) for test. Full lung masks were segmented using a traditional U-Net on 1H MRI and were imported into a cascaded U-Net, which were used to segment ventilation defects on 3He MRI. Models were trained with conventional data augmentation (DA) and generative adversarial networks (GAN)-DA. RESULTS Conventional-DA improved 1H and 3He MRI segmentation over the non-DA model (P = 0.007 to 0.03) but GAN-DA did not yield further improvement. The cascaded U-Net improved non-ventilated lung segmentation (P < 0.005). Dice similarity coefficients (DSC) between manually and DL-segmented full lung, non-ventilated, hypo-ventilated, and normal-ventilated regions were 0.965 ± 0.010, 0.840 ± 0.057, 0.715 ± 0.175, and 0.883 ± 0.060, respectively. We observed no statistically significant difference in DCSs between participants with and without COPD (P = 0.41, 0.06, and 0.18 for non-ventilated, hypo-ventilated, and normal-ventilated regions, respectively). CONCLUSION The proposed cascaded U-Net framework generated fully-automated segmentation of ventilation defects on 3He MRI among older smokers with and without COPD that is consistent with our reference method.
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- Xuzhe Zhang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; NIHR Imperial BRC, ITMAT Data Science Group, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- School of Medicine, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- POLARIS, Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; Columbia Magnetic Resonance Research Center (CMRRC), Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Neelakantan S, Xin Y, Gaver DP, Cereda M, Rizi R, Smith BJ, Avazmohammadi R. Computational lung modelling in respiratory medicine. J R Soc Interface 2022; 19:20220062. [PMID: 35673857 PMCID: PMC9174712 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Computational modelling of the lungs is an active field of study that integrates computational advances with lung biophysics, biomechanics, physiology and medical imaging to promote individualized diagnosis, prognosis and therapy evaluation in lung diseases. The complex and hierarchical architecture of the lung offers a rich, but also challenging, research area demanding a cross-scale understanding of lung mechanics and advanced computational tools to effectively model lung biomechanics in both health and disease. Various approaches have been proposed to study different aspects of respiration, ranging from compartmental to discrete micromechanical and continuum representations of the lungs. This article reviews several developments in computational lung modelling and how they are integrated with preclinical and clinical data. We begin with a description of lung anatomy and how different tissue components across multiple length scales affect lung mechanics at the organ level. We then review common physiological and imaging data acquisition methods used to inform modelling efforts. Building on these reviews, we next present a selection of model-based paradigms that integrate data acquisitions with modelling to understand, simulate and predict lung dynamics in health and disease. Finally, we highlight possible future directions where computational modelling can improve our understanding of the structure–function relationship in the lung.
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- Sunder Neelakantan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Denver
- Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Department of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
- J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX, USA
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Xu P, Zhang J, Nan Z, Meersmann T, Wang C. Free-Breathing Phase-Resolved Oxygen-Enhanced Pulmonary MRI Based on 3D Stack-of-Stars UTE Sequence. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:3270. [PMID: 35590959 PMCID: PMC9105788 DOI: 10.3390/s22093270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Compared with hyperpolarized noble gas MRI, oxygen-enhanced lung imaging is a cost-effective approach to investigate lung function. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of free-breathing phase-resolved oxygen-enhanced pulmonary MRI based on a 3D stack-of-stars ultra-short echo time (UTE) sequence. We conducted both computer simulation and in vivo experiments and calculated percent signal enhancement maps of four different respiratory phases on four healthy volunteers from the end of expiration to the end of inspiration. The phantom experiment was implemented to verify simulation results. The respiratory phase was segmented based on the extracted respiratory signal and sliding window reconstruction, providing phase-resolved pulmonary MRI. Demons registration algorithm was applied to compensate for respiratory motion. The mean percent signal enhancement of the average phase increases from anterior to posterior region, matching previous literature. More details of pulmonary tissues were observed on post-oxygen inhalation images through the phase-resolved technique. Phase-resolved UTE pulmonary MRI shows the potential as a valuable method for oxygen-enhanced MRI that enables the investigation of lung ventilation on middle states of the respiratory cycle.
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- Pengfei Xu
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo 315100, China; (P.X.); (J.Z.); (Z.N.)
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- Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo 315100, China; (P.X.); (J.Z.); (Z.N.)
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- Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo 315100, China; (P.X.); (J.Z.); (Z.N.)
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- Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Imaging Center, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK;
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- Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo 315100, China; (P.X.); (J.Z.); (Z.N.)
- Nottingham Ningbo China Beacons of Excellence Research and Innovation Institute, Ningbo 315040, China
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Bhattacharya I, Ramasawmy R, Javed A, Lowery M, Henry J, Mancini C, Machado T, Jones A, Julien-Williams P, Lederman RJ, Balaban RS, Chen MY, Moss J, Campbell-Washburn AE. Assessment of Lung Structure and Regional Function Using 0.55 T MRI in Patients With Lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Invest Radiol 2022; 57:178-186. [PMID: 34652290 PMCID: PMC9926400 DOI: 10.1097/rli.0000000000000832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Contemporary lower-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may offer advantages for lung imaging by virtue of the improved field homogeneity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of lower-field MRI for combined morphologic imaging and regional lung function assessment. We evaluate low-field MRI in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare lung disease associated with parenchymal cysts and respiratory failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed lung imaging on a prototype low-field (0.55 T) MRI system in 65 patients with LAM. T2-weighted imaging was used for assessment of lung morphology and to derive cyst scores, the percent of lung parenchyma occupied by cysts. Regional lung function was assessed using oxygen-enhanced MRI with breath-held ultrashort echo time imaging and inhaled 100% oxygen as a T1-shortening MR contrast agent. Measurements of percent signal enhancement from oxygen inhalation and percentage of lung with low oxygen enhancement, indicating functional deficits, were correlated with global pulmonary function test measurements taken within 2 days. RESULTS We were able to image cystic abnormalities using T2-weighted MRI in this patient population and calculate cyst score with strong correlation to computed tomography measurements (R = 0.86, P < 0.0001). Oxygen-enhancement maps demonstrated regional deficits in lung function of patients with LAM. Heterogeneity of oxygen enhancement between cysts was observed within individual patients. The percent low-enhancement regions showed modest, but significant, correlation with FEV1 (R = -0.37, P = 0.007), FEV1/FVC (R = -0.33, P = 0.02), and cyst score (R = 0.40, P = 0.02). The measured arterial blood ΔT1 between normoxia and hyperoxia, used as a surrogate for dissolved oxygen in blood, correlated with DLCO (R = -0.28, P = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS Using high-performance 0.55 T MRI, we were able to perform simultaneous imaging of pulmonary structure and regional function in patients with LAM.
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- Ipshita Bhattacharya
- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Pulmonary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Pulmonary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Pulmonary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Systems Biology Center, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Pulmonary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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Niedbalski PJ, Choi J, Hall CS, Castro M. Imaging in Asthma Management. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2022; 43:613-626. [PMID: 35211923 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1743289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Asthma is a heterogeneous disease characterized by chronic airway inflammation that affects more than 300 million people worldwide. Clinically, asthma has a widely variable presentation and is defined based on a history of respiratory symptoms alongside airflow limitation. Imaging is not needed to confirm a diagnosis of asthma, and thus the use of imaging in asthma has historically been limited to excluding alternative diagnoses. However, significant advances continue to be made in novel imaging methodologies, which have been increasingly used to better understand respiratory impairment in asthma. As a disease primarily impacting the airways, asthma is best understood by imaging methods with the ability to elucidate airway impairment. Techniques such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging with gaseous contrast agents, and positron emission tomography enable assessment of the small airways. Others, such as optical coherence tomography and endobronchial ultrasound enable high-resolution imaging of the large airways accessible to bronchoscopy. These imaging techniques are providing new insights in the pathophysiology and treatments of asthma and are poised to impact the clinical management of asthma.
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- Peter J Niedbalski
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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Tsinovoy A, Katz O, Landau A, Moiseyev N. Enhanced Coupling of Electron and Nuclear Spins by Quantum Tunneling Resonances. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:013401. [PMID: 35061487 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.013401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Noble-gas spins feature hours-long coherence times, owing to their great isolation from the environment, and find practical usage in various applications. However, this isolation leads to extremely slow preparation times, relying on weak spin transfer from an electron-spin ensemble. Here we propose a controllable mechanism to enhance this transfer rate. We analyze the spin dynamics of helium-3 atoms with hot, optically excited potassium atoms and reveal the formation of quasibound states in resonant binary collisions. We find a resonant enhancement of the spin-exchange cross section by up to 6 orders of magnitude and 2 orders of magnitude enhancement for the thermally averaged, polarization rate coefficient. We further examine the effect for various other noble gases and find that the enhancement is universal. We outline feasible conditions under which the enhancement may be experimentally observed and practically utilized.
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- Anatoli Tsinovoy
- Faculty of Physics, Solid State Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
- Rafael, Ltd., Haifa 3102102, Israel
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- Rafael, Ltd., Haifa 3102102, Israel
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- Institute of Advanced Studies in Theoretical Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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- Faculty of Physics, Solid State Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
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Coppolo DP, Schloss J, Suggett JA, Mitchell JP. Non-Pharmaceutical Techniques for Obstructive Airway Clearance Focusing on the Role of Oscillating Positive Expiratory Pressure (OPEP): A Narrative Review. Pulm Ther 2021; 8:1-41. [PMID: 34860355 PMCID: PMC8640712 DOI: 10.1007/s41030-021-00178-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Mucus secretion in the lungs is a natural process that protects the airways from inhaled insoluble particle accumulation by capture and removal via the mucociliary escalator. Diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF) and associated bronchiectasis, as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), result in mucus layer thickening, associated with high viscosity in CF, which can eventually lead to complete airway obstruction. These processes severely impair the delivery of inhaled medications to obstructed regions of the lungs, resulting in poorly controlled disease with associated increased morbidity and mortality. This narrative review article focuses on the use of non-pharmacological airway clearance therapies (ACTs) that promote mechanical movement from the obstructed airway. Particular attention is given to the evolving application of oscillating positive expiratory pressure (OPEP) therapy via a variety of devices. Advice is provided as to the features that appear to be the most effective at mucus mobilization.
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- Jolyon Mitchell Inhaler Consulting Services Inc., 1154 St. Anthony Road, London, ON, N6H 2R1, Canada.
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Rayner PJ, Burns MJ, Fear EJ, Duckett SB. Steric and electronic effects on the 1 H hyperpolarisation of substituted pyridazines by signal amplification by reversible exchange. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2021; 59:1187-1198. [PMID: 33729592 PMCID: PMC8650576 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.5152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Utility of the pyridazine motif is growing in popularity as pharmaceutical and agrochemical agents. The detection and structural characterisation of such materials is therefore imperative for the successful development of new products. Signal amplification by reversible exchange (SABRE) offers a route to dramatically improve the sensitivity of magnetic resonance methods, and we apply it here to the rapid and cost-effective hyperpolarisation of substituted pyridazines. The 33 substrates investigated cover a range of steric and electronic properties and their capacity to perform highly effective SABRE is assessed. We find the method to be tolerant to a broad range of electron donating and withdrawing groups; however, good sensitivity is evident when steric bulk is added to the 3- and 6-positions of the pyridazine ring. We optimise the method by reference to a disubstituted ester that yields signal gains of >9000-fold at 9.4 T (>28% spin polarisation).
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- Peter J. Rayner
- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of ChemistryUniversity of YorkYorkUK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of ChemistryUniversity of YorkYorkUK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of ChemistryUniversity of YorkYorkUK
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- Centre for Hyperpolarisation in Magnetic Resonance, Department of ChemistryUniversity of YorkYorkUK
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Meng XF, Lin QY, Yin H, Li ZQ. Hyperpolarized 3 helium MRI measured apparent diffusion coefficient and its correlations with pulmonary functions tests in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A meta-analysis. THE CLINICAL RESPIRATORY JOURNAL 2021; 15:1185-1193. [PMID: 34288505 DOI: 10.1111/crj.13425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND This study evaluates role of hyperpolarized 3 helium (3 He) MRI measured apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in examining pulmonary function of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. METHODS After literature search in electronic databases, studies were selected by following precise eligibility criteria. Meta-analyses were performed to estimate mean difference in ADC between COPD patients and healthy individuals and to seek correlations between lung ADC and pulmonary function. Metaregression analyses were performed to seek relationships between ADC and age, gender, BMI, cigarette pack-years, and pulmonary function tests. RESULTS Twenty-five studies (622 COPD patients and 469 healthy controls) were included. Lung ADC was 0.402 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.374, 0.429) in COPD patients and 0.228 (95% CI: 0.205, 0.252) in healthy individuals (mean difference 0.160 [95% CI: 0.127, 0.193]; p < 0.001). In metaregression, age (coefficient: 0.006; p = 0.004), pack-years (coefficient: 0.005; p = 0.018), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)/forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio (coefficient: -1.815; p = 0.007), percent predicted diffusion capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO) (coefficient: -0.004; p = 0.008), and percent predicted inspiratory capacity (coefficient: -0.004; p = 0.012) were significantly associated with ADC in COPD patients. In meta-analysis of correlation coefficients, ADC was significantly correlated with FEV1 (r = -0.62; p < 0.00001), FEV1/FVC (r = -0.80; p < 0.00001), DLCO (r = -0.85; p < 0.00001), functional residual capacity (r = 0.71; p < 0.00001), reserve volume (r = 0.53; p = 0.0001), and emphysema index (r = 0.89; p < 0.00001). CONCLUSION Hyperpolarized 3 He MRI measured ADC was higher in COPD patients than in healthy individuals and was inversely associated with FEV1, FEV1/FVC, DLCO, and inspiratory capacity.
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- Xian-Feng Meng
- Department of Medical Imaging, Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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Bhattacharya I, Ramasawmy R, Javed A, Chen MY, Benkert T, Majeed W, Lederman RJ, Moss J, Balaban RS, Campbell-Washburn AE. Oxygen-enhanced functional lung imaging using a contemporary 0.55 T MRI system. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2021; 34:e4562. [PMID: 34080253 PMCID: PMC8377594 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate oxygen-enhanced pulmonary imaging at 0.55 T with 3D stack-of-spirals ultrashort-TE (UTE) acquisition. Oxygen-enhanced pulmonary MRI offers the measurement of regional lung ventilation and perfusion using inhaled oxygen as a contrast agent. Low-field MRI systems equipped with contemporary hardware can provide high-quality structural lung imaging by virtue of the prolonged T2 *. Fortuitously, the T1 relaxivity of oxygen increases at lower field strengths, which is expected to improve the sensitivity of oxygen-enhanced lung MRI. We implemented a breath-held T1 -weighted 3D stack-of-spirals UTE acquisition with a 7 ms spiral-out readout. Measurement repeatability was assessed using five repetitions of oxygen-enhanced lung imaging in healthy volunteers (n = 7). The signal intensity at both normoxia and hyperoxia was strongly dependent on lung tissue density modulated by breath-hold volume during the five repetitions. A voxel-wise correction for lung tissue density improved the repeatability of percent signal enhancement maps (coefficient of variation = 34 ± 16%). Percent signal enhancement maps were compared in 15 healthy volunteers and 10 patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare cystic disease known to reduce pulmonary function. We measured a mean percent signal enhancement of 9.0 ± 3.5% at 0.55 T in healthy volunteers, and reduced signal enhancement in patients with LAM (5.4 ± 4.8%, p = 0.02). The heterogeneity, estimated by the percent of lung volume exhibiting low enhancement, was significantly increased in patients with LAM compared with healthy volunteers (11.1 ± 6.0% versus 30.5 ± 13.1%, p = 0.01), illustrating the capability to measure regional functional deficits.
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- Ipshita Bhattacharya
- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Henkestraße 127, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc., 40 Liberty Boulevard, Malvern PA, 1935 USA
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- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Pulmonary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Systems Biology Center, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood I nstitute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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- Cardiovascular Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, USA 20892
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Evaluation of sex-based differences in airway size and the physiological implications. Eur J Appl Physiol 2021; 121:2957-2966. [PMID: 34331574 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-021-04778-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Recent evidence suggests healthy females have significantly smaller central conducting airways than males when matched for either height or lung volume during analysis. This anatomical sex-based difference could impact the integrative response to exercise. Our review critically evaluates the literature on direct and indirect techniques to measure central conducting airway size and their limitations. We present multiple sources highlighting the difference between male and female central conducting airway size in both pediatric and adult populations. Following the discussion of measurement techniques and results, we discuss the functional implications of these differences in central conducting airway size, including work of breathing, oxygen cost of breathing, and how these impacts will continue into elderly populations. We then discuss a range of topics for the future direction of airway differences and the benefits they could provide to both healthy and diseased populations. Specially, these sex-differences in central conducting airway size could result in different aerosol deposition or how lung disease manifests. Finally, we detail emerging techniques that uniquely allow for high-resolution imaging to be paired with detailed physiological measures.
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Usmani OS, Han MK, Kaminsky DA, Hogg J, Hjoberg J, Patel N, Hardin M, Keen C, Rennard S, Blé FX, Brown MN. Seven Pillars of Small Airways Disease in Asthma and COPD: Supporting Opportunities for Novel Therapies. Chest 2021; 160:114-134. [PMID: 33819471 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Identification of pathologic changes in early and mild obstructive lung disease has shown the importance of the small airways and their contribution to symptoms. Indeed, significant small airways dysfunction has been found prior to any overt airway obstruction being detectable by conventional spirometry techniques. However, most therapies for the treatment of obstructive lung disease target the physiological changes and associated symptoms that result from chronic lung disease, rather than directly targeting the specific underlying causes of airflow disruption or the drivers of disease progression. In addition, although spirometry is the current standard for diagnosis and monitoring of response to therapy, the most widely used measure, FEV1 , does not align with the pathologic changes in early or mild disease and may not align with symptoms or exacerbation frequency in the individual patient. Newer functional and imaging techniques allow more effective assessment of small airways dysfunction; however, significant gaps in our understanding remain. Improving our knowledge of the role of small airways dysfunction in early disease in the airways, along with the identification of novel end points to measure subclinical changes in this region (ie, those not captured as symptoms or identified through standard FEV1), may lead to the development of novel therapies that directly combat early airways disease processes with a view to slowing disease progression and reversing damage. This expert opinion paper discusses small airways disease in the context of asthma and COPD and highlights gaps in current knowledge that impede earlier identification of obstructive lung disease and the development and standardization of novel small airways-specific end points for use in clinical trials.
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- Omar S Usmani
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London & Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
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- James Hogg Research Centre, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmune, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE; Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Respiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmune, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- Translational Science and Experimental Medicine, Respiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmune, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- Research and Early Development, Respiratory, Inflammation, and Autoimmune, BioPharmaceuticals R&D, AstraZeneca, Boston, MA
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Kondo Y, Nonaka H, Takakusagi Y, Sando S. Entwicklung molekularer Sonden für die hyperpolarisierte NMR‐Bildgebung im biologischen Bereich. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201915718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Yohei Kondo
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto University Kyoto University Katsura, Nishikyo-ku Kyoto 615-8510 Japan
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- Institute of Quantum Life Science National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage Chiba-city 263-8555 Japan
- National Institute of Radiological Sciences National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage Chiba-city 263-8555 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology Graduate School of Engineering The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
- Department of Bioengineering Graduate School of Engineering The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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Brooke JP, Hall IP. Novel Thoracic MRI Approaches for the Assessment of Pulmonary Physiology and Inflammation. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2021; 1304:123-145. [PMID: 34019267 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-68748-9_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Excessive pulmonary inflammation can lead to damage of lung tissue, airway remodelling and established structural lung disease. Novel therapeutics that specifically target inflammatory pathways are becoming increasingly common in clinical practice, but there is yet to be a similar stepwise change in pulmonary diagnostic tools. A variety of thoracic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tools are currently in development, which may soon fulfil this emerging clinical need for highly sensitive assessments of lung structure and function. Given conventional MRI techniques are poorly suited to lung imaging, alternate strategies have been developed, including the use of inhaled contrast agents, intravenous contrast and specialized lung MR sequences. In this chapter, we discuss technical challenges of performing MRI of the lungs and how they may be overcome. Key thoracic MRI modalities are reviewed, namely, hyperpolarized noble gas MRI, oxygen-enhanced MRI (OE-MRI), ultrashort echo time (UTE) MRI and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI. Finally, we consider potential clinical applications of these techniques including phenotyping of lung disease, evaluation of novel pulmonary therapeutic efficacy and longitudinal assessment of specific patient groups.
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- Jonathan P Brooke
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
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Ohno Y, Seo JB, Parraga G, Lee KS, Gefter WB, Fain SB, Schiebler ML, Hatabu H. Pulmonary Functional Imaging: Part 1-State-of-the-Art Technical and Physiologic Underpinnings. Radiology 2021; 299:508-523. [PMID: 33825513 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2021203711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Over the past few decades, pulmonary imaging technologies have advanced from chest radiography and nuclear medicine methods to high-spatial-resolution or low-dose chest CT and MRI. It is currently possible to identify and measure pulmonary pathologic changes before these are obvious even to patients or depicted on conventional morphologic images. Here, key technological advances are described, including multiparametric CT image processing methods, inhaled hyperpolarized and fluorinated gas MRI, and four-dimensional free-breathing CT and MRI methods to measure regional ventilation, perfusion, gas exchange, and biomechanics. The basic anatomic and physiologic underpinnings of these pulmonary functional imaging techniques are explained. In addition, advances in image analysis and computational and artificial intelligence (machine learning) methods pertinent to functional lung imaging are discussed. The clinical applications of pulmonary functional imaging, including both the opportunities and challenges for clinical translation and deployment, will be discussed in part 2 of this review. Given the technical advances in these sophisticated imaging methods and the wealth of information they can provide, it is anticipated that pulmonary functional imaging will be increasingly used in the care of patients with lung disease. © RSNA, 2021 Online supplemental material is available for this article.
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- Yoshiharu Ohno
- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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Tong Y, Udupa JK, McDonough JM, Lott C, Wu C, Rajapakse CS, Anari JB, Torigian DA, Cahill PJ. Lung parenchymal characterization via thoracic dynamic MRI in normal children and pediatric patients with TIS. PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE--THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING 2021; 11598:115980Q. [PMID: 35465442 PMCID: PMC9032054 DOI: 10.1117/12.2581708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Quantitative thoracic dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (QdMRI), a recently developed technique, provides a potential solution for evaluating treatment effects in thoracic insufficiency syndrome (TIS). In this paper, we demonstrate how lung parenchymal characteristics can be assessed via intensity properties in lung dynamic MRI, a modality suitable for use in pediatric patients. The QdMRI-based approach includes dynamic MR image acquisition, 4D image construction, image pre-processing with non-uniformity correction and intensity standardization, and lung segmentation from the 4D constructed image via a deep learning approach, as well as extraction of image parenchymal intensity properties from the segmented lungs and statistical comparisons among different clinical scenarios. We include 22 dMRI scans from 11 TIS patients (each with both pre-operative and post-operative scans) and 23 dMRI scans from healthy children. Two-sided paired t-testing is performed to compare lung intensity properties between end of expiration (EE) and end of inspiration (EI) within TIS patients (pre-operative and post-operative, separately) and normal children. We also compare the lung intensity properties at EE and EI among pre-operative TIS patients, post-operative TIS patients, and normal children. Experimental results show that lung (T2) intensity at EI is significantly lower than that at EE and lung intensity of post-operative TIS patients is significantly lower than that in pre-operative TIS patients and closer to that of normal children than to that of pre-operative TIS patients, indicating improvement in lung aeration. To our knowledge, this is the first study to provide a quantitative dynamic functional method to analyze lung parenchyma during tidal breathing on dynamic MRI in both healthy children and pediatric patients with TIS.
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- Yubing Tong
- Medical Image Processing Group, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
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- Medical Image Processing Group, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
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- The Wyss/Campbell Center for Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
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- The Wyss/Campbell Center for Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
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- Medical Image Processing Group, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
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- Department of Radiology and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
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- The Wyss/Campbell Center for Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
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- Medical Image Processing Group, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
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- The Wyss/Campbell Center for Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
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Kondo Y, Nonaka H, Takakusagi Y, Sando S. Design of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Molecular Probes for Hyperpolarized Bioimaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:14779-14799. [PMID: 32372551 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201915718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nuclear hyperpolarization has emerged as a method to dramatically enhance the sensitivity of NMR spectroscopy. By application of this powerful tool, small molecules with stable isotopes have been used for highly sensitive biomedical molecular imaging. The recent development of molecular probes for hyperpolarized in vivo analysis has demonstrated the ability of this technique to provide unique metabolic and physiological information. This review presents a brief introduction of hyperpolarization technology, approaches to the rational design of molecular probes for hyperpolarized analysis, and examples of molecules that have met with success in vitro or in vivo.
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- Yohei Kondo
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto University Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Institute of Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba-city, 263-8555, Japan.,National Institute of Radiological Sciences, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage, Chiba-city, 263-8555, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.,Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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Marshall H, Stewart NJ, Chan HF, Rao M, Norquay G, Wild JM. In vivo methods and applications of xenon-129 magnetic resonance. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 122:42-62. [PMID: 33632417 PMCID: PMC7933823 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2020.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Hyperpolarised gas lung MRI using xenon-129 can provide detailed 3D images of the ventilated lung airspaces, and can be applied to quantify lung microstructure and detailed aspects of lung function such as gas exchange. It is sensitive to functional and structural changes in early lung disease and can be used in longitudinal studies of disease progression and therapy response. The ability of 129Xe to dissolve into the blood stream and its chemical shift sensitivity to its local environment allow monitoring of gas exchange in the lungs, perfusion of the brain and kidneys, and blood oxygenation. This article reviews the methods and applications of in vivo129Xe MR in humans, with a focus on the physics of polarisation by optical pumping, radiofrequency coil and pulse sequence design, and the in vivo applications of 129Xe MRI and MRS to examine lung ventilation, microstructure and gas exchange, blood oxygenation, and perfusion of the brain and kidneys.
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- Helen Marshall
- POLARIS, Imaging Sciences, Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- POLARIS, Imaging Sciences, Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- POLARIS, Imaging Sciences, Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- POLARIS, Imaging Sciences, Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- POLARIS, Imaging Sciences, Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- POLARIS, Imaging Sciences, Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
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Pippard BJ, Neal MA, Maunder AM, Hollingsworth KG, Biancardi A, Lawson RA, Fisher H, Matthews JNS, Simpson AJ, Wild JM, Thelwall PE. Reproducibility of 19 F-MR ventilation imaging in healthy volunteers. Magn Reson Med 2021; 85:3343-3352. [PMID: 33507591 PMCID: PMC7986730 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Purpose To assess the reproducibility of percentage ventilated lung volume (%VV) measurements in healthy volunteers acquired by fluorine (19F)‐MRI of inhaled perfluoropropane, implemented at two research sites. Methods In this prospective, ethically approved study, 40 healthy participants were recruited (May 2018‐June 2019) to one of two research sites. Participants underwent a single MRI scan session on a 3T scanner, involving periodic inhalation of a 79% perfluoropropane/21% oxygen gas mixture. Each gas inhalation session lasted about 30 seconds, consisting of three deep breaths of gas followed by a breath‐hold. Four 19F‐MR ventilation images were acquired per participant, each separated by approximately 6 minutes. The value of %VV was determined by registering separately acquired 1H images to ventilation images before semi‐automated image segmentation, performed independently by two observers. Reproducibility of %VV measurements was assessed by components of variance, intraclass correlation coefficients, coefficients of variation (CoV), and the Dice similarity coefficient. Results The MRI scans were well tolerated throughout, with no adverse events. There was a high degree of consistency in %VV measurements for each participant (CoVobserver1 = 0.43%; CoVobserver2 = 0.63%), with overall precision of %VV measurements determined to be within ± 1.7% (95% confidence interval). Interobserver agreement in %VV measurements revealed a high mean Dice similarity coefficient (SD) of 0.97 (0.02), with only minor discrepancies between observers. Conclusion We demonstrate good reproducibility of %VV measurements in a group of healthy participants using 19F‐MRI of inhaled perfluoropropane. Our methods have been successfully implemented across two different study sites, supporting the feasibility of performing larger multicenter clinical studies.
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- Benjamin J. Pippard
- Newcastle Magnetic Resonance CentreNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom
- Translational and Clinical Research InstituteNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom
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- Newcastle Magnetic Resonance CentreNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom
- Translational and Clinical Research InstituteNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom
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- POLARIS, Department of IICDUniversity of SheffieldRoyal Hallamshire HospitalSheffieldUnited Kingdom
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- Newcastle Magnetic Resonance CentreNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom
- Translational and Clinical Research InstituteNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom
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- POLARIS, Department of IICDUniversity of SheffieldRoyal Hallamshire HospitalSheffieldUnited Kingdom
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- Respiratory MedicineSheffield Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Foundation TrustSheffieldUnited Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences InstituteNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences InstituteNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom
- School of Mathematics, Statistics and PhysicsNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom
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- Translational and Clinical Research InstituteNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom
- Respiratory MedicineNewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals National Health Service Foundation TrustNewcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom
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- POLARIS, Department of IICDUniversity of SheffieldRoyal Hallamshire HospitalSheffieldUnited Kingdom
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- Newcastle Magnetic Resonance CentreNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom
- Translational and Clinical Research InstituteNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon TyneUnited Kingdom
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Gulhane A, Chen DL. Imaging in Asthma. Mol Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-816386-3.00081-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Inhaled Gas Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Advances, Applications, Limitations, and New Frontiers. Mol Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-816386-3.00013-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Chae KJ, Choi J, Jin GY, Hoffman EA, Laroia AT, Park M, Lee CH. Relative Regional Air Volume Change Maps at the Acinar Scale Reflect Variable Ventilation in Low Lung Attenuation of COPD patients. Acad Radiol 2020; 27:1540-1548. [PMID: 32024604 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2019.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate regional air volume changes at the acinar scale of the lung in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients using an image registration technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-four emphysema patients and 24 subjects with normal chest CT and pulmonary function test (PFT) results were included in this retrospective study for which informed consent was waived by the institutional review board. After lung segmentation, a mass-preserving image registration technique was used to compute relative regional air volume changes (RRAVCs) between inspiration and expiration CT scans. After determining the appropriate thresholds of RRAVCs for low ventilation areas (LVAs), they were displayed and analyzed using color maps on the background inspiration CT image, and compared with the low attenuation area (LAA) map. Correlations between quantitative CT parameters and PFTs were assessed using Pearson's correlation test, and parameters were compared between emphysema and normal-CT patients using the Student's t-test. RESULTS LVA percentage with an RRAVC threshold of 0.5 (%LVA0.5) showed the strongest correlations with FEV1/FVC (r = -0.566), FEV1 (r = -0.534), %LAA-950insp (r = 0.712), and %LAA-856exp (r = 0.775). %LVA0.5 was significantly higher (P < 0.001) in COPD patients than normal subjects. Despite the identical appearance of emphysematous lesions on the LAA-950insp map, the RRAVC map depicted a wide range of ventilation differences between these LAA clusters. CONCLUSION RRAVC-based %LVA0.5 correlated well with FEV1/FVC, FEV1, %LAA-950insp and %LAA-856exp. RRAVC holds the potential for providing additional acinar scale functional information for emphysematous LAAs in inspiratory CT images, providing the basis for a novel set for emphysematous phenotypes.
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Pavlova OS, Anisimov NV, Gervits LL, Gulyaev MV, Semenova VN, Pirogov YA, Panchenko VY. 19 F MRI of human lungs at 0.5 Tesla using octafluorocyclobutane. Magn Reson Med 2020; 84:2117-2123. [PMID: 32274848 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of fluorine-19 (19 F) MRI of the human lungs using octafluorocyclobutane (OFCB, C4 F8 ). This gas has 8 magnetically equivalent fluorine nuclei and relatively long T1 and T2 (˜50 ms), which render it suitable as an MRI contrast agent. Previous experiments in small laboratory animals showed that OFCB could be successfully used as an alternative to the gases often used for 19 F MRI (sulfur hexafluoride and perfluoropropane). METHODS One male volunteer participated in this study. Immediately before an MRI scan, the volunteer inhaled the gas mixture-80% OFCB with 20% oxygen-and held his breath. Experiments were performed on a 0.5T whole-body MR scanner with a customized transmit-receive coil tuned at 19 F frequency. Fast spin echo in 2D and 3D modes was used for image acquisition. 2D images were obtained with in-plane resolution of 10 × 10 mm2 without slice selection. 3D images were obtained with the voxel size of 10 × 10 × 30 mm2 . Breath-hold duration was 20 s for 2D and 40 s for 3D imaging, respectively. RESULTS Anatomically consistent 19 F MR images of the human lungs were obtained with SNR around 50 in 2D mode and 20 in 3D mode. 3D volumetric images of the lungs were reconstructed and provided physiologically reasonable volume estimates. CONCLUSION The application of OFCB enables informative 19 F lung imaging even at low magnetic field strengths. The OFCB gas shows promise as an inhalable contrast agent for fluorine lung MRI and has a potential for clinical translation.
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- Olga S Pavlova
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Fundamental Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Fundamental Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Poorbahrami K, Mummy DG, Fain SB, Oakes JM. Patient-specific modeling of aerosol delivery in healthy and asthmatic adults. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2019; 127:1720-1732. [PMID: 31513445 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00221.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The magnitude and regional heterogeneity of airway obstructions in severe asthmatics is likely linked to insufficient drug delivery, as evidenced by the inability to mitigate exacerbations with inhaled aerosol medications. To understand the correlation between morphometric features, airflow distribution, and inhaled dosimetry, we perform dynamic computational simulations in two healthy and four asthmatic subjects. Models incorporate computed tomography-based and patient-specific central airway geometries and hyperpolarized 3He MRI-measured segmental ventilation defect percentages (SVDPs), implemented as resistance boundary conditions. Particles [diameters (dp) = 1, 3, and 5 μm] are simulated throughout inhalation, and we record their initial conditions, both spatially and temporally, with their fate in the lung. Predictions highlight that total central airway deposition is the same between the healthy subjects (26.6%, dp = 3 μm) but variable among the asthmatic subjects (ranging from 5.9% to 59.3%, dp = 3 μm). We found that by preferentially releasing the particles during times of fast or slow inhalation rates we enhance either central airway deposition percentages or peripheral particle delivery, respectively. These predictions highlight the potential to identify with simulations patients who may not receive adequate therapeutic dosages with inhaled aerosol medication and therefore identify patients who may benefit from alternative treatment strategies. Furthermore, by improving regional dose levels, we may be able to preferentially deliver drugs to the airways in need, reducing associated adverse side effects.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Although it is evident that exacerbation mitigation is unsuccessful in some asthmatics, it remains unclear whether or not these patients receive adequate dosages of inhaled therapeutics. By coupling MRI and computed tomography data with patient-specific computational models, our predictions highlight the large intersubject variability, specifically in severe asthma.
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- Kamran Poorbahrami
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.,Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.,Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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Neal MA, Pippard BJ, Simpson AJ, Thelwall PE. Dynamic susceptibility contrast 19 F-MRI of inhaled perfluoropropane: a novel approach to combined pulmonary ventilation and perfusion imaging. Magn Reson Med 2019; 83:452-461. [PMID: 31468589 PMCID: PMC6899496 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.27933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess alveolar perfusion by applying dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI to 19 F-MRI of inhaled perfluoropropane (PFP). We hypothesized that passage of gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) through the pulmonary microvasculature would reduce magnetic susceptibility differences between water and gas components of the lung, elevating the T 2 ∗ of PFP. METHODS Lung-representative phantoms were constructed of aqueous PFP-filled foams to characterize the impact of aqueous/gas phase magnetic susceptibility differences on PFP T 2 ∗ . Aqueous phase magnetic susceptibility was modulated by addition of different concentrations of GBCA. In vivo studies were performed to measure the impact of intravenously administered GBCA on the T 2 ∗ of inhaled PFP in mice (7.0 Tesla) and in healthy volunteers (3.0 Tesla). RESULTS Perfluoropropane T 2 ∗ was sensitive to modulation of magnetic susceptibility difference between gas and water components of the lung, both in phantom models and in vivo. Negation of aqueous/gas phase magnetic susceptibility difference was achieved in lung-representative phantoms and in mice, resulting in a ~2 to 3× elevation in PFP T 2 ∗ (3.7 to 8.5 ms and 0.7 to 2.6 ms, respectively). Human studies demonstrated a transient elevation of inhaled PFP T 2 ∗ (1.50 to 1.64 ms) during passage of GBCA bolus through the lung circulation, demonstrating sensitivity to lung perfusion. CONCLUSION We demonstrate indirect detection of a GBCA in the pulmonary microvasculature via changes to the T 2 ∗ of gas phase PFP within directly adjacent alveoli. This approach holds potential for assessing alveolar perfusion by dynamic susceptibility contrast 19 F-MRI of inhaled PFP, with concurrent assessment of lung ventilation properties, relevant to lung physiology and disease.
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- Mary A Neal
- Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.,Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.,Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.,Respiratory Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.,Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Tickner BJ, John RO, Roy SS, Hart SJ, Whitwood AC, Duckett SB. Using coligands to gain mechanistic insight into iridium complexes hyperpolarized with para-hydrogen. Chem Sci 2019; 10:5235-5245. [PMID: 31191878 PMCID: PMC6540910 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc00444k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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We report the formation of a series of novel [Ir(H)2(IMes)(α-13C2-carboxyimine)L] complexes in which the identity of the coligand L is varied. When examined with para-hydrogen, complexes in which L is benzylamine or phenethylamine show significant 1H hydride and 13C2 imine enhancements and may exist in 13C2 singlet spin order. Isotopic labeling techniques are used to double 13C2 enhancements (up to 750-fold) and singlet state lifetimes (up to 20 seconds) compared to those previously reported. Exchange spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory are used to investigate the stability and mechanism of rapid hydrogen exchange in these complexes, a process driven by dissociative coligand loss to form a key five coordinate intermediate. When L is pyridine or imidazole, competitive binding to such intermediates leads to novel complexes whose formation, kinetics, behaviour, structure, and hyperpolarization is investigated. The ratio of the observed PHIP enhancements were found to be affected not only by the hydrogen exchange rates but the identity of the coligands. This ligand reactivity is accompanied by decoherence of any 13C2 singlet order which can be preserved by isotopic labeling. Addition of a thiol coligand proved to yield a thiol oxidative addition product which is characterized by NMR and MS techniques. Significant 870-fold 13C enhancements of pyridine can be achieved using the Signal Amplification By Reversible Exchange (SABRE) process when α-carboxyimines are used to block active coordination sites. [Ir(H)2(IMes)(α-13C2-carboxyimine)L] therefore acts as unique sensors whose 1H hydride chemical shifts and corresponding hyperpolarization levels are indicative of the identity of a coligand and its binding strength.
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- Ben J Tickner
- Center for Hyperpolarization in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM) , University of York , Heslington , York , YO10 5NY , UK .
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- Center for Hyperpolarization in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM) , University of York , Heslington , York , YO10 5NY , UK .
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- Center for Hyperpolarization in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM) , University of York , Heslington , York , YO10 5NY , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of York , Heslington , York , YO10 5DD , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , University of York , Heslington , York , YO10 5DD , UK
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- Center for Hyperpolarization in Magnetic Resonance (CHyM) , University of York , Heslington , York , YO10 5NY , UK .
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Kjellberg M, Sanchez-Crespo A, Jonsson B. Ten-year-old children with a history of bronchopulmonary dysplasia have regional abnormalities in ventilation perfusion matching. Pediatr Pulmonol 2019; 54:602-609. [PMID: 30887678 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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AIM The ratio of ventilation to blood flow is an important determinant for regional gas exchange in the lung and hypoxemia is one of the clinical hallmarks in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). We have previously demonstrated ventilation/perfusion ratio (V/Q) abnormalities in infants with BPD at 36 weekś postconceptional age. The status of V/Q matching in older children with a history of BPD in infancy is unknown. In this study, we examined if 10-year-old children with a history of BPD had V/Q impairments. METHODS Three-dimensional V/Q-scintigraphy (SPECT) was performed in 26 children. RESULTS In the BPD group, lung volume with mismatch, (V>Q) was larger compared to areas with reverse mismatch (Q>V), 26.2% and 11.8%, respectively, implying that perfusion defects contribute more than ventilation defects in the V/Q mismatch. Also, the mean fractional distribution of V and Q to V/Q in children with BPD was reduced compared to healthy children, 31% and 51% compared to 64% and 89%, respectively (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION At 10 years of age children with a history of BPD had ventilation/perfusion abnormalities, with prominent perfusion defects. These V/Q abnormalities suggest the presence of residual alveolar-capillary impairment.
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- Malin Kjellberg
- Institute of Women's and Children's Health, Department of Neonatology, Karolinska Institute and University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institution of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Medical Radiation Physics and Nuclear Medicine, Karolinska Univeristy Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Women's and Children's Health, Department of Neonatology, Karolinska Institute and University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Phung TKN, Sinclair SE, Makena P, Molthen RC, Waters CM. Dynamic airway constriction in rats: heterogeneity and response to deep inspiration. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2019; 317:L39-L48. [PMID: 31017015 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00050.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Airway narrowing due to hyperresponsiveness severely limits gas exchange in patients with asthma. Imaging studies in humans and animals have shown that bronchoconstriction causes patchy patterns of ventilation defects throughout the lungs, and several computational models have predicted that these regions are due to constriction of smaller airways. However, these imaging approaches are often limited in their ability to capture dynamic changes in small airways, and the patterns of constriction are heterogeneous. To directly investigate regional variations in airway narrowing and the response to deep inspirations (DIs), we utilized tantalum dust and microfocal X-ray imaging of rat lungs to obtain dynamic images of airways in an intact animal model. Airway resistance was simultaneously measured using the flexiVent system. Custom-developed software was used to track changes in airway diameters up to generation 19 (~0.3-3 mm). Changes in diameter during bronchoconstriction were then measured in response to methacholine (MCh) challenge. In contrast with the model predictions, we observed significantly greater percent constriction in larger airways in response to MCh challenge. Although there was a dose-dependent increase in total respiratory resistance with MCh, the percent change in airway diameters was similar for increasing doses. A single DI following MCh caused a significant reduction in resistance but did not cause a significant increase in airway diameters. Multiple DIs did, however, cause significant increases in airway diameters. These measurements allowed us to directly quantify dynamic changes in airways during bronchoconstriction and demonstrated greater constriction in larger airways.
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- Thien-Khoi N Phung
- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis, Tennessee.,Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis, Tennessee.,Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis, Tennessee.,Department of Physiology and Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky , Lexington, Kentucky
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Fast quantum control in dissipative systems using dissipationless solutions. Sci Rep 2019; 9:4048. [PMID: 30858537 PMCID: PMC6412050 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39731-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We report on a systematic geometric procedure, built up on solutions designed in the absence of dissipation, to mitigate the effects of dissipation in the control of open quantum systems. Our method addresses a standard class of open quantum systems that encompasses non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. It provides the analytical expression of the extra magnetic field to be superimposed to the driving field in order to compensate the geometric distortion induced by dissipation for spin systems, and produces an exact geometric optimization of fast population transfer. Interestingly, it also preserves the robustness properties of protocols originally optimized against noise. Its extension to two interacting spins restores a fidelity close to unity for the fast generation of Bell state in the presence of dissipation.
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Zhao Z, Jordan S, Tse ZTH. Devices for image-guided lung interventions: State-of-the-art review. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2019; 233:444-463. [DOI: 10.1177/0954411919832042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death. According to the American Cancer Society, there were an estimated 222,500 new cases of lung cancer and 155,870 deaths from lung cancer in the United States in 2017. Accurate localization in lung interventions is one of the keys to reducing the death rate from lung cancer. In this study, a total of 217 publications from 2006 to 2017 about designs of medical devices for localization in lung interventions were screened, shortlisted, and categorized by localization principle and reviewed for functionality. Each study was analyzed for engineering characteristics and clinical significance. Research regarding interventional imaging equipment, navigation systems, and surgical devices was reviewed, and both research prototypes and commercial products were discussed. Finally, the future directions and existing challenges were summarized, including real-time intra-procedure guidance, accuracy of localization, clinical application, clinical adoptability, and clinical regulatory issues.
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- Zhuo Zhao
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
- 3T Technologies LLC, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Structural and Functional Pulmonary Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Pediatrics-From the Neonate to the Young Adult. Acad Radiol 2019; 26:424-430. [PMID: 30228041 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2018.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2017] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The clinical imaging modalities available to investigate pediatric pulmonary conditions such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia, cystic fibrosis, and asthma are limited primarily to chest x-ray radiograph and computed tomography. As the challenges that historically limited the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to the lung have been overcome, its clinical potential has greatly expanded. In this review article, recent advances in pulmonary MRI including ultrashort echo time and hyperpolarized-gas MRI techniques are discussed with an emphasis on pediatric research and translational applications.
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Gutberlet M, Kaireit TF, Voskrebenzev A, Kern AL, Obert A, Wacker F, Hohlfeld JM, Vogel-Claussen J. Repeatability of Regional Lung Ventilation Quantification Using Fluorinated ( 19F) Gas Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Acad Radiol 2019; 26:395-403. [PMID: 30472224 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2018.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES To assess the repeatability of global and regional lung ventilation quantification in both healthy subjects and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using fluorinated (19F) gas washout magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in free breathing. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this prospective institutional review board-approved study, 12 healthy nonsmokers and eight COPD patients were examined with 19F dynamic gas washout MR imaging in free breathing and with lung function testing. Measurements were repeated within 2 weeks. Lung ventilation was quantified using 19F gas washout time. Repeatability was analyzed for the total lung and on a regional basis using the coefficient of variation (COV) and Bland-Altman plots. RESULTS In healthy subjects and COPD patients, a good repeatability was found for lung ventilation quantification using dynamic 19F gas washout MR imaging on a global (COV < 8%) and regional (COV < 15%) level. Gas washout time was significantly increased in the COPD group compared to the healthy subjects. CONCLUSION 19F gas washout MR imaging provides a good repeatability of lung ventilation quantification and appears to be sensitive to early changes of regional lung function alterations such as normal aging.
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- Marcel Gutberlet
- Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover 30625, Germany; Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover 30625, Germany; Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover 30625, Germany; Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover 30625, Germany; Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover 30625, Germany; Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover 30625, Germany; Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany; Clinic of Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Clinical Airway Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover 30625, Germany; Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Hannover, Germany.
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Wahsner J, Gale EM, Rodríguez-Rodríguez A, Caravan P. Chemistry of MRI Contrast Agents: Current Challenges and New Frontiers. Chem Rev 2019; 119:957-1057. [PMID: 30350585 PMCID: PMC6516866 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 797] [Impact Index Per Article: 159.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tens of millions of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams are performed annually around the world. The contrast agents, which improve diagnostic accuracy, are almost exclusively small, hydrophilic gadolinium(III) based chelates. In recent years concerns have arisen surrounding the long-term safety of these compounds, and this has spurred research into alternatives. There has also been a push to develop new molecularly targeted contrast agents or agents that can sense pathological changes in the local environment. This comprehensive review describes the state of the art of clinically approved contrast agents, their mechanism of action, and factors influencing their safety. From there we describe different mechanisms of generating MR image contrast such as relaxation, chemical exchange saturation transfer, and direct detection and the types of molecules that are effective for these purposes. Next we describe efforts to make safer contrast agents either by increasing relaxivity, increasing resistance to metal ion release, or by moving to gadolinium(III)-free alternatives. Finally we survey approaches to make contrast agents more specific for pathology either by direct biochemical targeting or by the design of responsive or activatable contrast agents.
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- Jessica Wahsner
- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging and the Institute for Innovation in Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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Emerging and Established Pulmonary Function Measurements of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: One of These Things Is Not Like the Others. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2019; 15:1396-1398. [PMID: 30658533 DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201809-642ed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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