Rapid imaging of hyperpolarized gas using EPI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 507-514

  Saam, Brian ^a   Yablonskiy, Dmitriy A ^a,b   Gierada, David S ^b   Conradi, Mark S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EPI; MRI of hyperpolarized gases; MRI of lung; Rapid imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DENSITY OF GASES; GASES; MAGNETIZATION; MICROGRIDS;

ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HYPERPOLARIZED; QUANTITATIVE TREATMENT; RAPID IMAGING; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; RESPIRATORY CYCLE; SIGNAL ATTENUATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REBREATHING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0032882167     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199909)42:3<507::AID-MRM13>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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