Objective
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, are of growing importance in Europe due to industrial influences, increasingly aged population and smoking habits. They can only be detected by conventional tests when already very pronounced. The project aims at validating a new non invasive method for early diagnosis, differentiation and staging of COPD: Magnetic Resonance Imaging using inhaled hyperpolarized helium 3 gas, which provides 3D anatomical images of excellent resolution, data on the dynamical function of ventilation and on airspace sizes. 9 partners from 6 countries will carry out a clinical study (150 patients, 50 volunteers), work on animal models (2 types of emphysema) and improve the methodology (production of gas, MRI techniques). The perspectives are transfer to clinics and industrial exploitation, contrast agents and drug companies, MR manufacturers).
Fields of science
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrynoble gases
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusescoronaviruses
- engineering and technologymedical engineeringdiagnostic imagingmagnetic resonance imaging
- social sciencessocial geographytransporttransport planningair traffic management
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75231 Paris
France
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Participants (9)
75231 Paris
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94270 Le Kremlim Bicetre
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2650 Hvidovre
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30-069 Krakow
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55099 Mainz
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28040 Madrid
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69622 Villeurbanne
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75252 Paris
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S10 2TN Sheffield
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