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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: longitudinal hyperpolarized (3)He MR imaging.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20574101     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To quantitatively evaluate a small pilot group of ex-smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and healthy volunteers during approximately 2 years by using hyperpolarized helium 3 ((3)He) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All subjects provided written informed consent to the study protocol, which was approved by the local research ethics board and Health Canada and was compliant with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and HIPAA. Hyperpolarized (3)He MR imaging, hydrogen 1 MR imaging, spirometry, and plethysmography were performed in 15 ex-smokers with COPD and five healthy volunteers (with the same mean age and age range) at baseline and 26 months +/- 2 (standard deviation) later. Apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) derived from (3)He MR imaging were calculated from diffusion-weighted (3)He MR images, and (3)He ventilation defect volume (VDV) and ventilation defect percentage (VDP) were generated after manual segmentation of (3)He MR spin-density images. RESULTS: For subjects with COPD, significant increases in (3)He MR imaging-derived VDV (P = .03), VDP (P = .006), and ADC (P = .02) were detected, whereas there was no significant change in forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)) (P = .97). For healthy never-smokers, there was no significant change in imaging or pulmonary function measurements at follow-up. There was a significant correlation between changes in FEV(1) and changes in VDV (r = -0.70, P = .02) and VDP (r = -0.70, P = .03). CONCLUSION: For this small pilot group of ex-smokers with COPD, (3)He MR imaging-derived VDV, VDP, and ADC measurements worsened significantly, but there was no significant change in FEV(1), suggesting increased sensitivity of hyperpolarized (3)He MR imaging for depicting COPD changes during short time periods.
Authors:
Miranda Kirby; Lindsay Mathew; Andrew Wheatley; Giles E Santyr; David G McCormack; Grace Parraga
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Radiology     Volume:  256     ISSN:  1527-1315     ISO Abbreviation:  Radiology     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-24     Completed Date:  2010-07-16     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401260     Medline TA:  Radiology     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  280-9     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Forced Expiratory Volume
Helium / diagnostic use
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Linear Models
Male
Middle Aged
Pilot Projects
Plethysmography
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis*,  physiopathology*
Smoking / adverse effects
Spirometry
Statistics, Nonparametric
Whole Body Imaging
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
//Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7440-59-7/Helium

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