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Diaphragm and Chest Wall: Assessment of the Inspiratory Pump with MR Imaging-Preliminary Observations¹

¹ From the Departments of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (P.C., C.C.L., P.A.G.) and Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine (T.S., J.P.D.) and the Pulmonary Function Test Laboratory (M.Z.), Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 43-87 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris 13, France; Unité Propre de Recherche de l'Enseignement Supérieur, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France (T.S., M.Z., J.P.D.); and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Paris, France (P.A.G.). Received December 28, 1998; revision requested February 19, 1999; final revision received September 28; accepted October 12. Supported in part by grant PHRC 95009 from Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris and a grant from the Société Française de Radiologie. Address correspondence to P.C. (e-mail: philippe.cluzel@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr).

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the thorax with three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction and functional quantification was evaluated as a tool for structure-function evaluation of chest-wall mechanics. Good agreement was found between the corresponding spirometric and MR imaging values of lung volumes. Fast MR imaging of the thorax with 3D reconstruction should improve the ability to evaluate the inspiratory pump in clinical and research investigations.

Index terms: Diaphragm, 66.92, 795.92 • Diaphragm, MR, 66.121412, 66.12144, 75.12144 • Lung, function, 60.919 • Magnetic resonance (MR), motion studies, 66.12144, 75.12144 • Thorax, MR, 47.121412, 47.12144

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