C80-A EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA, CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND DIFFUSE PARENCHYMAL LUNG DISEASES: Lung Densitometry: Mri And CT Have Similar Spatial Patterns For Adults With Cystic Fibrosis

Despite the inherent difference between the acquired signals, both imaging techniques have shown that lung density is influenced by gravity, the degree of lung inflation, and the thoracic cage shape. [...]for the same patient it would be expected that both CT and MRI scans would produce similar spatial patterns of lung density. CONCLUSION: Since MRI and CT show a similar pattern of lung density, MRI may be an attractive modality to evaluate lung density due to the absence of ionizing radiation.