| CLINICAL FOCUS SESSION Pulmonary Imaging Room C205 |
| 14:00 Keynote. |
| 14:15 72. Time-Resolved Pulmonary MR Angiography and Perfusion Imaging with Ultrashort TR, J. Carr, G. Laub, M. Saker, J. Zheng, S. Pereles, S. Tatieni and J.P. Finn, Northwestern University Medical School, Siemens Medical Systems and Bracco S.P.A., Chicago, IL, USA. |
| 14:27 73. Contrast Enhanced MR Angiography for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism - A Comparison with Conventional Pulmonary Angiography, E.M.J. Brouwers, P. Wielopolski, E.J.R. van Beek, A. Berghout, A.H.H. Bongaerts and M. Oudkerk, Academic Hospital Rotterdam, Netherlands and University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. |
| 14:39 74. Quantification of Regional and Global Pulmonary Perfusion with Contrast Enhanced Double-VUSE MRA, S.S. Halliburton, C.B. Paschal, J. Rothpletz and J.E. Loyd, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. |
| 14:51 75. MRI of the Chest at 0.2 T Using Breath-Hold 2D-TrueFisp: A Comparative Feasibility Study with Chest Radiography, H-U. Kauczor, C.P. Heussel, T. Diergarten, A. Sandner, T. Voigtlaender, M. Heike, M. Deimling, R. Kuth, T. Rupprecht and M. Thelen, Med. Clinic I and II, Mainz, Germany and Siemens Medical Systems and University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. |
| 15:03 76. Detection of Pulmonary Air Leaks Using Time-Resolved MRI of Laser-Polarized Helium-3 Gas, D.A. Roberts, R.R. Rizi, D.A. Lipson, M. Aranda, L. Bearn, L. Rolf, J. Baumgardner, W.B. Gefter, J. Hansen-Flaschen, H.H. Hatabu, J.S. Leigh and M.D. Schnall, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. |
| 15:15 77. Solitary Pulmonary Nodule: Evaluation of Blood Flow Patterns with MR Perfusion Study, Y. Ohno, K. Sugimura, D. Takenaka, T. Yoshikawa, A. Motoyama and S. Adachi, University of Kobe, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. |
| 15:27 78. Dynamic MRI of Malignant Pleura Mesothelioma to Monitor Treatment Induced Changes in Microcirculation, M.V. Knopp, F. Giesel, H. Bischoff, R. Lucht, H. Hawighorst, J. Radeleff, K. Kayser, H. Manegold and G. van Kaick, German Cancer Research Center and Chest Hospital Heidelberg-Rohrbach, Heidelberg, Germany and The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. |
| 15:39 79. Dynamic EPI of Human Lung Ventilation Using Hyperpolarized ³He: Results from Normal Subjects and Patients with Severe Emphysema, D.S. Gierada, B. Saam, D.A. Yablonskiy, J.D. Cooper, S.S. Lefrak and M.S. Conradi, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. |