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. 2021 Jul 13;32(1):702–713. doi: 10.1007/s00330-021-08126-y

Table 2.

Global mean values of ADC and lung morphometry parameters derived from the FS and prospectively undersampled acquisitions for the 5 healthy volunteers

Participants Methods ADC (cm2/s) R (μm) r (μm) h (μm) Lm (μm) SVR (cm−1)
H1 FS 0.0353 ± 0.0103 339 ± 58 146 ± 34 194 ± 46 197 ± 44 211 ± 37
DC-RDN 0.0352 ± 0.0106 341 ± 62 150 ± 36 192 ± 45 200 ± 46 209 ± 41
H2 FS 0.0388 ± 0.0093 354 ± 69 173 ± 37 181 ± 57 225 ± 60 187 ± 38
DC-RDN 0.0384 ± 0.0099 353 ± 65 168 ± 40 185 ± 54 221 ± 64 192 ± 40
H3 FS 0.0346 ± 0.0090 340 ± 56 141 ± 32 199 ± 42 193 ± 38 214 ± 35
DC-RDN 0.0347 ± 0.0101 337 ± 63 144 ± 42 194 ± 41 193 ± 43 217 ± 43
H4 FS 0.0390 ± 0.0089 356 ± 67 170 ± 36 186 ± 55 221 ± 52 189 ± 37
DC-RDN 0.0387 ± 0.0098 351 ± 70 173 ± 44 179 ± 48 218 ± 51 192 ± 39
H5 FS 0.0332 ± 0.0075 339 ± 49 139 ± 28 199 ± 37 191 ± 32 215 ± 31
DC-RDN 0.0326 ± 0.0092 332 ± 54 137 ± 34 194 ± 40 187 ± 35 220 ± 39
Mean FS 0.0362 ± 0.0026 346 ± 9 154 ± 16 192 ± 8 205 ± 16 203 ± 14
DC-RDN 0.0359 ± 0.0026 343 ± 9 154 ± 16 189 ± 7 204 ± 15 206 ± 13
Overall mean differences −0.72% −0.81% 0.46% −1.52% −0.74% 1.41%

ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient; COPD, chronic obstructive lung disease; DC-RDN, deep cascade of residual dense network; FS, fully sampled; h, alveolar sleeve depth; Lm, mean linear intercept; R, acinar duct radius; r, acinar lumen radius; SVR, surface-to-volume ratio