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 gasesmedical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusescoronavirusesengineering and technologymedical engineeringdiagnostic imagingmagnetic resonance imagingsocial sciencessocial geographytransporttransport planningair traffic management Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) 1.1.1.-7. - Chronic and degenerative diseases, cancer, diabetes, cardivascular diseases and rare diseases Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator ECOLE NORMALE SUPERIEURE EU contribution No data Address 24,Rue Lhomond 24 75231 PARIS France See on map Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Rue Lhomond 24 Laboratoire de Physique ENS 75231 PARIS See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address CIERM Hôpital de Bicêtre, 78 rue du Générale Lecle 94270 LE KREMLIM BICETRE See on map Total cost No data HVIDOVRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COPENHAGEN Denmark EU contribution No data Address 30,Kettegaard Alle 30 2650 HVIDOVRE See on map Total cost No data JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY Poland EU contribution No data Address 4,Reymonta 4 30-069 KRAKOW See on map Total cost No data JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITAET MAINZ Germany EU contribution No data Address 7,Staudingerweg 7 55099 Mainz See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID Spain EU contribution No data Address 2,Avenida de Seneca 2, Ciudad Universitaria 28040 MADRID See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1 France EU contribution No data Address Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918 43 721 69622 Villeurbanne See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - PARIS VI France EU contribution No data Address 4,Place Jussieu 4 75252 PARIS See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address WESTERN BANK S10 2TN SHEFFIELD See on map Total cost No data