Imaging of the lungs using 3He MRI: Preliminary clinical experience in 18 patients with and without lung disease

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 538-543

  Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a   Ebert, Michael ^a   Kreitner, Karl Friedrich ^a   Nilgens, Helge ^a   Surkau, Reinhard ^a   Heil, Werner ^a   Hofmann, Dirk ^a   Otten, Ernst W ^a   Thelen, Manfred ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hyperpolarized inert gases; Lung, MR; MR, contrast enhancement; MR, nuclei other than H

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG VENTILATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HELIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031397685     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070314     Document Type: Article

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