Share on Pinterest CT scan of lung adenocarcinoma. Credit: Yale Rosen from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A lung biopsy is the only way to definitively diagnose adenocarcinoma of the lung.

The asthma and COPD study found an average 19F-MRI–derived ventilation defect percentage (VDP) of 1.8% in healthy patients vs 8.3% for those with asthma and 27.2% for patients with COPD.

Major breakthrough in new MRI scan technology for lung disease. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2016 / 03 / 160310112055.htm. University of Nottingham.

When using the diffusion-weighted MRI scan the 10 cases that were undetermined by the PET-CT scan were correctly diagnosed. Dr Johan Coolen, from University Hospitals Leuven in Belgium, explained: ...

A new lung scanning technique using perfluoropropane visible on MRI scans is set to revolutionize respiratory disease diagnosis and treatment. Developed by Newcastle University researchers, the ...

Researchers are always looking for new ways to improve the scan. In this study they looked at a type of MRI scan called oxygen-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (OE-MRI). OE-MRI involves breathing ...

"Quantitative lung MRI establishes a potential imaging biomarker profiling and helps to enable disease severity follow-up for this complex condition in the future," Dr. Pöhler said.

Lung Abnormalities Depicted with Hyperpolarized Xenon MRI in Patients with Long COVID. Radiology , 2022; DOI: 10.1148/radiol.220069 Grace Parraga, Alexander M. Matheson.

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center built a new atlas of lung cells, uncovering new cellular pathways and precursors in the development of lung adenocarcinoma, the ...