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Uncovering a third dissolved‐phase 129 X e resonance in the human lung: Q uantifying spectroscopic features in healthy subjects and patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Author(s) -
Robertson Scott H.,
Virgincar Rohan S.,
Bier Elianna A.,
He Mu,
Schrank Geoffrey M.,
Smigla Rose Marie,
Rackley Craig,
McAdams H. Page,
Driehuys Bastiaan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.26533
Subject(s) - chemistry , nuclear magnetic resonance , analytical chemistry (journal) , nuclear medicine , phase (matter) , spectral line , mann–whitney u test , medicine , chromatography , physics , organic chemistry , astronomy
Purpose The purpose of this work was to accurately characterize the spectral properties of hyperpolarized 129 Xe in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) compared to healthy volunteers. Methods Subjects underwent hyperpolarized 129 Xe breath‐hold spectroscopy, during which 38 dissolved‐phase free induction decays (FIDs) were acquired after reaching steady state (echo time/repetition time = 0.875/50 ms; bandwidth = 8.06 kHz; flip angle≈22 °). FIDs were averaged and then decomposed into multiple spectral components using time‐domain curve fitting. The resulting amplitudes, frequencies, line widths, and starting phases of each component were compared among groups using a Mann–Whitney–Wilcoxon U test. Results Three dissolved‐phase resonances, consisting of red blood cells (RBCs) and two barrier compartments, were consistently identified in all subjects. In subjects with IPF relative to healthy volunteers, the RBC frequency was 0.70 parts per million (ppm) more negative ( P = 0.05), the chemical shift of barrier 2 was 0.6 ppm more negative ( P = 0.009), the line widths of both barrier peaks were ∼2 ppm narrower ( P < 0.001), and the starting phase of barrier 1 was 20.3 ° higher ( P = 0.01). Moreover, the ratio RBC:barriers was reduced by 52.9% in IPF ( P < 0.001). Conclusions The accurate decomposition of 129 Xe spectra not only has merit for developing a global metric of pulmonary function, but also provides necessary insights to optimize phase‐sensitive methods for imaging 129 Xe gas transfer. Magn Reson Med 78:1306–1315, 2017. © 2016 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.