Free-breathing Mri
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Breathing
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2019
The process of breathing, inhaling and exhaling, involves the coordinated movement of the chest wall, the lungs, and the muscles that move them. Two muscle groups with important roles in breathing are the diaphragm, located directly below the lungs, and the intercostal muscles, which lie between the ribs. When the diaphragm contracts, it moves downward, increasing the volume of the thoracic cavity and creating more room for the lungs to expand. When the intercostal muscles contract, the ribs...
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Pulmonary Structural MRI using Free-Breathing, Self-Gated Ultra-short Echo Time Imaging
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2024
A protocol is described for generating high-resolution structural images of the lungs using ultra-short-echo time (UTE) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). This protocol allows for images to be acquired using a simple MRI pulse sequence during free-breathing.
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Optogenetic Functional MRI
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2016
This protocol describes the steps and data analysis required to successfully perform optogenetic functional magnetic resonance imaging (ofMRI). ofMRI is a novel technique that combines high-field fMRI readout with optogenetic stimulation, allowing for cell type-specific mapping of functional neural circuits and their dynamics across the whole living brain.
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MRI Mapping of Cerebrovascular Reactivity via Gas Inhalation Challenges
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2014
Non-invasive imaging of the brain vasculature’s ability to dilate or constrict may allow a better understanding of cerebrovascular pathophysiology in various neurological diseases. The present report describes a reproducible and patient-comfortable protocol to perform vascular reactivity imaging in humans using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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Fast and Accurate Exhaled Breath Ammonia Measurement
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2014
Ammonia is an important physiologic metabolite relevant to various disease and wellness states. It is also a difficult molecule to measure in breath, which demands particular precautions be taken to obtain accurate results. Not all factors influencing ammonia are known, but progress can be difficult without accounting for these factors.
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Respiratory gating coordinates image acquisition with a selected phase of the breathing cycle, so data are collected when respiratory motion is more manageable. Navigator signals provide information about breathing, allowing the scanner to synchronize acquisition with that motion. These controls are important because timing data collection around respiration can reduce motion-related degradation without requiring the patient to repeatedly stop breathing.
Motion-correction algorithms adjust image data to account for movement caused by breathing. Rather than relying only on carefully timed acquisition, they compensate for respiratory displacement during image formation. This can reduce motion artifacts and support more consistent diagnostic images when breathing cannot be controlled reliably, making the approach useful for patients whose respiratory pattern or cooperation limits conventional imaging.
The main practical difference is how respiratory motion is managed. Repeated breath-hold imaging depends on a patient’s ability to follow instructions and remain still during multiple pauses, whereas free-breathing methods use gating, navigator information, or computational correction. This distinction can improve tolerance and access for people with limited breath-hold capacity while still addressing motion that could otherwise reduce image quality.
The examination begins with image acquisition while the patient breathes naturally. The system then manages respiratory motion by synchronizing acquisition to breathing through gating or navigator signals, or by adjusting the data with motion-correction algorithms. The resulting images are reviewed for diagnostic quality, with the goal of limiting respiratory artifacts while avoiding repeated breath-hold instructions.
Free-breathing MRI can support evaluation of the chest, abdomen, cardiovascular system, and other anatomy that moves with respiration. Its value is greatest where breathing-related motion could interfere with diagnostic data or where breath-holding is difficult. By accommodating natural respiration, the approach can broaden MRI use across several moving anatomical regions rather than restricting imaging to cooperative patients.
Children, critically ill patients, and individuals with limited breath-hold capacity may benefit particularly from this approach. These patients may have difficulty following repeated breathing instructions or maintaining a breath-hold long enough for conventional acquisitions. Free-breathing MRI improves tolerance and can make diagnostic imaging more accessible when respiratory cooperation is unreliable or physically difficult.
By managing respiratory motion, the technique can reduce motion artifacts and improve the usability of acquired images. Better tolerance also lowers the practical barrier created by repeated breath-holding, allowing more patients to undergo MRI successfully. In medicine, these advantages can broaden clinical applications across moving anatomy and support imaging in patients who might otherwise be difficult to examine.