The Frédéric Joliot Institute of Life Sciences at the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) carries out original research in the fields of integrative cell biology, biomedical imaging and diagnostic and therapeutic innovation.
Each year, a two-day seminar highlights the work of several teams. For the 2024 series, 3D MR spirometry was presented by Xavier Maître at the Domaine Saint-Paul, where participants could enjoy the fresh air of the nearby countryside while discovering how to visualise and characterise breathing.
The forest of parameters that can be extracted by this technique is still to be explored, new avenues to be discovered and trees to be unveiled.
Xavier Maître’s presentation, in which volunteers breathe freely, found a surprising counterpart on the second day in Marion Noulhiane’s presentation, in which volunteers are studied during apnoea to assess the effect of hypoxia on brain activity.
Three-dimensional spirometry is used to study ventilatory dynamics and the case of an asthmatic patient before and after biotherapy could be reported.
