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Eur Respir J 2003; 22:14-19
Copyright ©ERS Journals Ltd 2003

Helium-3 MRI diffusion coefficient: correlation to morphometry in a model of mild emphysema

G. Peces-Barba1,4, J. Ruiz-Cabello2,4, Y. Cremillieux3, I. Rodríguez2,4, D. Dupuich3, V. Callot3, M. Ortega1,4, M.L. Rubio Arbo1,4, M. Cortijo2,4 and N. Gonzalez-Mangado1,4

1 Experimental Pulmonology Laboratory, Jiménez Díaz Foundation, Autónoma University of Madrid, and 2 Institute of Biofunctional Studies, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 3 NMR Laboratory, National Centre for Scientific Research and Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France, 4 Red Respira (RTIC C03/11, FIS, ISCIII)

CORRESPONDENCE: G. Peces-Barba, Departamento de Neumología Experimental, Avda Reyes Católicos 2, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid 28040, Spain. Fax: 34 915504954. E-mail: gpecesba@fjd.es

Keywords: diffusion, experimental animal model, leukocyte elastase, magnetic resonance imaging, pulmonary emphysema

Received: September 11, 2002
Accepted February 14, 2003

This study was supported by the European Community, Brussels, Belgium (V-framework QLG1-2000-01559) and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Madrid, Spain (R+D+I Program in Biomedicine, SAF2000-0115 and P4 Program TIC2000-0376).

Hyperpolarised gases have been most recently used in magnetic resonance imaging to demonstrate new image-derived pulmonary function parameters. One of these parameters is the apparent diffusion coefficient, which reflects the sizes of the structures that compartmentalise gas within the lung (i.e. alveolar space). In the present study, noninvasive parameters were compared to microscopic measurements (mean linear intercept and mean alveolar internal area).

Nonselective helium-3 gas density coronal ex vivo images and apparent diffusion maps were acquired in control and elastase-induced panacinar emphysema rats. Total lung capacity was considered the reference for both imaging experiments and lung fixation.

A mild degree of emphysema was found based on mean linear intercept (134±25 µm) versus control (85±14 µm). The apparent diffusion coefficients were significantly different between the two groups (0.18±0.02 and 0.15±0.01 cm2·s–1 for elastase and control, respectively).

A significant correlation between the apparent diffusion coefficient and corresponding morphometric parameters in mild emphysema was demonstrated for the first time. This study opens the possibility of estimating absolute airspace size using noninvasive techniques.




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