Quantification of Regional Intrapulmonary Oxygen Partial Pressure Evolution during Apnea by 3He MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-216

  Deninger, A J ^a   Eberle, B ^a   Ebert, M ^a   Grossmann T ^a   Heil, W ^a   Kauczor, H U ^a   Lauer, L ^a   Markstaller, K ^a   Otten, E ^a   Schmiedeskamp, J ^a   Schreiber, W ^a   Surkau, R ^a   Thelen, M ^a   Weiler, N ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional imaging; Hyperpolarized gas MRI; Intrapulmonary oxygen; MRI of lung; Oxygen concentration

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELIUM; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; APNEA; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SWINE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; APNEA; HELIUM; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SWINE;

EID: 0033257617     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1999.1902     Document Type: Article

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