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Phase-Resolved Functional Lung Protocols: The #PREFUL research team shares their #MRI protocols for 1.5T, 3T, and 0.55T MAGNETOM systems.

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Chronic pulmonary diseases (CPD) represent a major global health burden and are the leading cause of death among lung diseases. Each year, more than 55 million new cases are diagnosed worldwide, and approximately 10% of patients affected by CPDs are children. CPDs comprise a spectrum of diseases that require continuous surveillance. Assessing lung function, particularly perfusion (blood flow) and ventilation (airflow), is essential. Nuclear medicine is currently considered the gold standard for functional lung imaging. However, when repeated follow-up imaging is required, radiation exposure has to be taken into account, especially for vulnerable patient groups such as children. LungMaps is a proton MRI-based application that provides functional lung information without the need for tracers, contrast agents, or ionizing radiation. It is based on the PREFUL method, which has been clinically evaluated across a wide range of patient populations. Although LungMaps is a post-processing application, it relies on a 2D MRI acquisition protocol with sufficient temporal resolution to capture both respiratory- and cardiac-based signal variations in the lungs. Shout-out to Andreas Voskrebenzev, Ph.D.; Filip Klimeš, Ph.D.; and Jens Vogel-Claussen, M.D. (Department of Radiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany; Department for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Germany) for sharing their protocols. Download the protocols for: -- 0.55T MAGNETOM Free (syngo MR XA80) -- 1.5T MAGNETOM Sola (syngo MR XA61) -- 3T MAGNETOM Vida (syngo MR XA60)
June 28, 2026 at 8:24 AM