Signal Dynamics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Lung with Hyperpolarized Noble Gases

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-143

  Möller, Harald E ^a   Chen, X Josette ^a   Chawla, Mark S ^a   Driehuys, Bastiaan ^b   Hedlund, Laurence W ^a   Johnson, G Allan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Magnetic Imaging Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

129Xe NMR; 3He NMR; Bulk magnetic moment dynamics; Hyperpolarized noble gases; Lung MRI

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; INERT GAS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; GUINEA PIGS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOBLE GASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032209656     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1998.1563     Document Type: Article

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