This research is a study to test the reliability of Hyperpolarized Xenon MRI (HXe MRI) as a biomarker in interstitial lung disease. The study is a non-randomized study to evaluate the test-retest performance of HXe MRI in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) and chronic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (cHP) as a non-invasive biomarker of disease severity and prognosis. The study will include approximately 15 subjects with IPF, 15 subjects with cHP and 10 sex and age-matched normal controls performed across 3 sites.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using inhaled hyper-polarized 129 Xenon gas can help visualize impaired lung function to assess patients with cHP and IPF.
RBC:Barrier Ratio
RBC:Barrier ratio will be determined using 129 Xenon MRI in 2 successive scans on two separate days 6 months apart. Same-day Repeated measures will be used to assess reliability of RBC:Barrier. Data acquired at 6 months will be correlated with FVC.
Time frame: RBC:Barrier will be assessed at Baseline and at 6 months.
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