2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Evaluation of the lung in the ultra-short echo time magnetic resonance imaging
| Project/Area Number |
25861052
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Radiation science
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| Research Institution | Asahikawa Medical College |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 肺 / MRI / 換気画像 / 慢性閉塞性肺疾患 / 肺気腫 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can observe an organ without radiation exposure, but it was unsuitable for the lung. Recently, one of the developments of the technique, ultra-short echo time, enables us to observe the lung.
We demonstrated to “see” the lung in the healthy volunteers safely, and the lung after oxygen inhalation could be acceptable as a ventilation imaging. Furthermore, we were able to differentiate emphysema, which located in the upper lobes, from the normal lung in patients with the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema. In the future, we will differentiate emphysema in the whole lungs to use in a clinical examination.
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| Free Research Field |
放射線医学
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