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Comparative Study
. 1990 Feb;65(2):168-70.
doi: 10.1136/adc.65.2.168.

Estimation of lung volume in infants by echo planar imaging and total body plethysmography

B Chapman  1 , C O'Callaghan, R Coxon, P Glover, G Jaroszkiewicz, A Howseman, P Mansfield, P Small, A D Milner, R E Coupland
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Comparative Study

Estimation of lung volume in infants by echo planar imaging and total body plethysmography

B Chapman et al. Arch Dis Child. 1990 Feb.

Abstract

Echo planar imaging (an extremely fast method of magnetic resonance imaging) was used to measure lung volume in a group of nine infants, all of whom had had respiratory problems. The mean echo planar imaging estimate of total lung volume was 44 +/- 9 ml/kg. In each case the right lung was larger than the left (ratio 52.8:47.2%). The mean thoracic gas volume was 36 +/- 8 ml/kg. The entire sequence of images of the thorax (about 400) takes five minutes to complete, infants require no sedation, and there are no side effects.

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