Hyperpolarized 3He MRI: A new modality for assessing ventilation distribution of the lung;NEUE METHODE ZUR DARSTELLUNG DER VERTEILUNG DER VENTILATION MITTELS POLARISIERTEM 3HELIUM IN DER MAGNETRESONANZTOMOGRAPHIE (MRT)

Pneumologie

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 286-292

  Markstaller, K ^a,b   Kauczor, H U ^a   Weiler, N ^a   Eberle, B ^a   Surkau, R ^a   Kienast, K ^a   Otten, E W ^a   Thelen, M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; HELIUM; XENON;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUMOR; LUNG VENTILATION DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HELIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOTOPES; LUNG DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 0031809613     PISSN: 09348387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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