Synopsis

This talk covers a number of the clinical applications of blood flow and perfusion imaging in the lungs. There will be a focus on pulmonary hypertension and parenchymal lung diseases of emphysema and interstitial lung disease. The use of several MRI sequences will be discussed, non contrast approached phase contrast MRI, arterial spin labelling and PREFUL, in addition contrast enhanced approaches such and dynamic contrast enhanced angiography and magnetic resonance angiography. The feasibility of these approaches and their diagnostic and prognostic value will be discussed.