diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml index 087a819..7250e7b 100644 --- a/_config.yml +++ b/_config.yml @@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ authors: git_name: jescholey twitter: https://twitter.com/jescholey description: "Applying Advanced Imaging to Radiation Oncology" + + fei: + name: Fei Tan + display_name: Fei Tan + git_name: Phillistan16 + description: "Lung MRI Expert" + # Plugins plugins: - jekyll-paginate diff --git a/_posts/2025-05-01-Ventilation_MRI.md b/_posts/2025-05-01-Ventilation_MRI.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7b6d64d --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2025-05-01-Ventilation_MRI.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Methods for Measuring Lung Ventilation with MRI" +author: fei +categories: [ research ] +image: assets/images/ilumr_larson-lab.jpg +featured: true +--- + +Lung ventilation is important because ... + +The use of MRI for mapping ventilation has grown significantly recently +Key events: FDA approval of HPX, dissemination of 2D V/Q methods, multiple advances in respiratory phase-resolved imaging + +Already in 2025 two papers have been published on structure/function methods using phase-resolved 3D UTE MRI, and comparing them to HPX ventilation + + + + + +MRI Ventilation Methods + +* HPX - pros: direct measurement, cons: specialized equipment, costs +* 2D phase-resolved methods (Fourier Decomposition, PREFUL) +* Oxygen Enhanced +* Structure/function with phase-resolved 3D UTE + +Technical Challenges + +* Importance of image registration +* Ventilation processing - most of these methods provides relative, not absolute, measures of ventilation, so additional processing is required. Usually VDP. I think some of the differences between the two papers is due to differences in this processing + +Experimental Challenges + +* Physiologic - breath-hold versus tidal breathing versus forced exhalations could lead to different measurements + + +Add in a couple key images. Also want a small image for the 'logo' of the post that is references by 'image:' at the top + +![Tabletop MRI in the Classroom](../assets/images/peder-larson-tabletop-MRI.jpg) +