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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Bastiaan Driehuys, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Gary Price Cofer, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Inventors:
Bastiaan Driehuys, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Gary Price Cofer, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Assignee:
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); G01N 24/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2013.01); G01N 24/08 (2013.01); A61B 5/7239 (2013.01); A61B 5/416 (2013.01); A61B 5/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for assessing pulmonary gas exchange and/or alveolar-capillary barrier status include obtaining at least one MRI image and/or image data ofXe dissolved in the red blood cells (RBC) in the gas exchange regions of the lungs of a patient. The image is sufficiently sensitive to allow a clinician or image recognition program to assess at least one of pulmonary gas exchange, barrier thickness or barrier function based on theXe MRI RBC image.