To assess the condition of lung ventilation in some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, obstructive bronchitis, ... Doctors often prescribe magnetic resonance imaging of the lungs. The procedure of performing magnetic resonance imaging of the lungs shows images of the chest, from which it is possible to assess the function as well as lung diseases.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is one of the chronic respiratory diseases, causing persistent shortness of breath and often triggering acute episodes leading to respiratory failure. Lung ventilation magnetic resonance imaging to diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is one of the effective methods not only to evaluate function but also to help examine the morphology of the airways.