Real-time Multi-slice MRI during Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Reveals Upper Airway Response to Pressure Change

摘要

PurposeTo determine if real-time MRI (RT-MRI) method during continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) can be used to measure neuromuscular reflex and/or passive collapsibility of the upper airway in individual obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) subjects.