Using hyperpolarised xenon magnetic resonance imaging to explore breathlessness in long COVID: results from the EXPLAIN study
Kher Lik Ng, Laura Saunders, Guilhem Collier, James Grist, Nina Kainth, Victoria Harris, Laurie Smith, Scarlett Strickland, Lotta Gustafsson, Paul Hughes, Ionitiana Evans, Leizl Alvarez, Avianna Laws, Siby Thomas, Alberto Biancardi, Jennifer Rodgers, Samantha Jones, Demi Jakymelen, Martin Brook, Tho · 2026
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Ng leads a large team using a special lung scan in long COVID, in work from twenty twenty-six. Breathlessness is a common long COVID symptom. Standard tests often find no cause, most of all in people who were never hospitalized.
The EXPLAIN study used hyperpolarised xenon magnetic resonance imaging. That scan can show how gas crosses the membrane between air sacs and blood, a step routine tests miss. The prospective multicentre study focused on never hospitalized patients with unexplained breathlessness. Results test whether hidden membrane faults explain the symptom, which would give patients a concrete answer and a target for care.
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| CREATOR | Kher Lik Ng, Laura Saunders, Guilhem Collier, James Grist, Nina Kainth, Victoria Harris, Laurie Smith, Scarlett Strickland, Lotta Gustafsson, Paul Hughes, Ionitiana Evans, Leizl Alvarez, Avianna Laws, Siby Thomas, Alberto Biancardi, Jennifer Rodgers, Samantha Jones, Demi Jakymelen, Martin Brook, Tho |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |