Abstracts from U.Va on Hyperpolarized Noble Gas MR:

10th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (I.S.M.R.M.), Hawaii, May 2002

Hyperpolarized Gas MRI Helium-3:

1. Mugler J, Salerno M, de Lange E, Brookeman J. Optimized TrueFISP Hyperpolarized 3He MRI of the Lung Yields a 3-fold SNR Increase Compared to FLASH. Poster.

2. Mugler J, Salerno M, Brookeman J. Reducing Diffusion-Induced Signal Loss in Hyperpolarized 3He MRI. Poster

3. Salerno M, Altes A, Brookeman J, de Lange E, Mugler J. Validation of Interleaved-Spiral Hyperpolarized 3He Diffusion MRI. Poster

4. Salerno M, Brookeman J, de Lange E, Mugler J. Hyperpolarized 3He Spiral Lung Imaging at High and Low Field Strengths (1.5T and 0.45T): A Study of Susceptibility and off-Resonance Effects. Poster

5. Cooley B, Acton S, Salerno M, Ray N, Tustison N, de Lange E, J Brookeman, Altes T. Automated Scoring of Hyperpolarized Helium-3 MR Lung Ventilation Images: Initial Development and Validation. Poster

6. Salerno M, Mugler J, Cooley B, Brookeman J, de Lange E, Altes T. Hyperpolarized 3He Diffusion Imaging in Smokers: Comparison with Computed Tomography and Spirometry.
Oral presentation:

7. De Lange E, Altes A, Jones D, Daniel M, Salerno M, Brookeman J, Mugler J. Bronchiolitis Obliterans following Lung Transplantion: Evaluation with Hyperpolarized Helium-3 MR Imaging. Poster

8. Mata J, Altes T, Christopher J, Mugler J, Brookeman J, de Lange E. Transient, Position-Dependent Ventilation Defects of the Lung in Healthy Volunteers: Demonstration with Hyperpolarized Helium-3 MR Imaging. Poster

9. Mata J, Christopher J, de Lange E, Mugler J, Brookeman J. MRI of the Human Lungs with Hyperpolarized Helium-3: Considerations of Appropriate Dose. Poster

10. Puderbach M, Salerno M, de Lange E, Weiler N, Schreiber W, Thelen M, Kauczor H-U. He3-MRI measurement of ventilated lung volumes in volunteers and patients at two institutions-Comparison with pulmonary function tests. (joint submission with Univ of Mainz) Poster.

11. Keilholz S, Altes A, Knight-Scott J, Christopher J, Berr S, de Lange E. Comprehensive Pulmonary MR Imaging Using Hyperpolarized 3He, O2 and Gadolinium.
Oral presentation: Friday, May 24 2002 12:18PM Room 313A

Hyperpolarized Gas MRI Xenon-129:

1. Ruppert K, Mata, J Brookeman J, Hagspiel K, Mugler J. Detecting Lung Tissue Density Variations with XTC MRI. Poster

2. Ruppert K, Mata, J, Brookeman J, Hagspiel K, Mugler J. Xenon Uptake and Exchange Dynamics in the Rabbit Lung. (3 joint submissions with Advanced MRI Technologies). Poster.