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. 2009 Oct 27;10(6):559–567. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2009.10.6.559

Table 1.

Maximum Motion of Basal Lung Parts

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Note.-As there was no significant level of maximum motion of basal lung parts in healthy volunteers, there is only one value. In patients with solitary non-small cell lung carcinoma and patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma before and after chemotherapy, hemithorax is subdivided based on presence of tumor or not. Follow-up of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma indicated significant improvement in maximum motion of basal lung parts of hemithorax with malignant pleural mesothelioma, which could be proven using 2D- and 3D-techniques, as well as in end volumetry. Correlation between 2D- and 3D-dynamic MRI using color maps was significant in all cases (p < 0.01).

(*significant change [p < 0.01], 2D-dynamic MRI p = 0.009, 3D-dynamic MRI p = 0.08)

NSCLC = non-small cell lung carcinoma, MPM = malignant pleural mesothelioma, CHT = chemotherapy