MRI using hyperpolarized noble gases

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 820-827

  Kauczor, H U ^a   Surkau, R ^a   Roberts, T ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Hyperpolarized inert gases He 3 and Xe 129; Lung; MR; Nuclei other than H

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELIUM; INERT GAS; ISOTOPE; XENON;

ADULT; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HELIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOTOPES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; NOBLE GASES; XENON ISOTOPES;

EID: 0031629304     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050479     Document Type: Article

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