PURPOSE: To validate a fast gradient echo sequence for rapid (9 s) quantitative imaging of lung water. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eleven excised pig lungs were imaged with a fast GRE sequence in triplicate, in the sagittal plane at 2 levels of inflation pressure (5 and 15 cm H(2) O), an intervention that alters T(2) *, but not total lung water. Images were acquired alternating between two closely-spaced echoes and data were fit (voxel-by-voxel) to a single exponential to determine T(2) * and water content, and compared with gravimetric measurements of total water. RESULTS: T(2) * averaged 1.08 ± 0.02 ms at 5 cm H(2) O and 1.02 ± 0.02 ms at 15 cm H(2) O (P < 0.05). The measure was reliable (R(2) = 0.99), with an average mean error of 1.8%. There was a significant linear relationship between the two measures of water content: The regression equations for the relationship were y = 0.92x + 19 (R(2) = 0.94), and y = 1.04x + 4 (R(2) = 0.96), for 5 and 15 cm H(2) O inflation pressure respectively. Y-intercepts were not statistically different from zero (P = 0.86). CONCLUSION: The multi-echo GRE sequence is a reliable and valid technique to assess water content in the lung. This technique enables rapid assessment of lung water, which is advantageous for in vivo studies.
PURPOSE: To validate a fast gradient echo sequence for rapid (9 s) quantitative imaging of lung water. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eleven excised pig lungs were imaged with a fast GRE sequence in triplicate, in the sagittal plane at 2 levels of inflation pressure (5 and 15 cm H(2) O), an intervention that alters T(2) *, but not total lung water. Images were acquired alternating between two closely-spaced echoes and data were fit (voxel-by-voxel) to a single exponential to determine T(2) * and water content, and compared with gravimetric measurements of total water. RESULTS: T(2) * averaged 1.08 ± 0.02 ms at 5 cm H(2) O and 1.02 ± 0.02 ms at 15 cm H(2) O (P < 0.05). The measure was reliable (R(2) = 0.99), with an average mean error of 1.8%. There was a significant linear relationship between the two measures of water content: The regression equations for the relationship were y = 0.92x + 19 (R(2) = 0.94), and y = 1.04x + 4 (R(2) = 0.96), for 5 and 15 cm H(2) O inflation pressure respectively. Y-intercepts were not statistically different from zero (P = 0.86). CONCLUSION: The multi-echo GRE sequence is a reliable and valid technique to assess water content in the lung. This technique enables rapid assessment of lung water, which is advantageous for in vivo studies.
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