MR microscopy of lung airways with hyperpolarized 3He

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-84

  Chen, X Josette ^a   Chawla, Mark S ^a   Hedlund, Laurence W ^a   Möller, Harald E ^a   MacFall, James R ^a   Johnson, G Allan ^a   Fitzsimons, Elaine G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperpolarized gas imaging; Lung airways; MR microscopy

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAMMALS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ANIMAL STUDIES; FOURTH GENERATION; GAS IMAGING; HYPERPOLARIZED; LUNG AIRWAYS; MR MICROSCOPY; PULMONARY AIRWAYS; SMALL AIRWAYS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

HELIUM;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INHALATION; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031964293     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910390113     Document Type: Article

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