Assessment of regional lung function impairment in airway obstruction and pulmonary embolic dogs with combined noncontrast electrocardiogram-gated perfusion and gadolinium .........
PURPOSE: To define regional function impairment in airway obstruction (AO) and pulmonary embolic (PE) dogs with a combination study of noncontrast electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated perfusion and gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA) aerosol magnetic resonance (MR) images. METHODS: After acquisition of multiphase fast-spin-echo (FSE) MR images during cardiac cycles in 14 AO dogs and 19 PE dogs, ECG-gated perfusion-weighted (PW) images were obtained ... Read more