Penn -- New Lung Imaging Techniques (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Penn -- New Lung Imaging Techniques

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This series of pictures, taken by Penn imaging researchers, show an animal lung captured with the new hyperpolarized MRI technique now being studied. A liquid solution containing Carbon-13 was injected into the bloodstream. The MRI picks up the signal as the Carbon-13 moves moves through the lung. Looking at these images provides information about localized blood flow in the lungs.

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