MR properties of ¹⁹F C₃F₈ gas in the lungs of healthy volunteers: and apparent diffusion coefficient at 1.5T and at 3T

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Volume‐Controlled 19F MR Ventilation Imaging of Fluorinated Gas

“…Over recent years, sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ), tetrafluoromethane (CF 4 ), hexafluoroethane (C 2 F 6 ), perfluoropropane (C 3 F 8 ), and octafluorocyclobutane (C 4 F 8 ) have been used to investigate static ventilation 3,4 and diffusion, 5 gas wash‐in and wash‐out dynamics, 6–9 fractional ventilation, 10 ventilation/perfusion ratios, 11,12 as well as surface/volume ratios 13 in animal models, healthy volunteers, and patients with various lung diseases.…”