MRI in lung transplant recipients using hyperpolarized 3He: Comparison with CT

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 268-274

  Gast, Klaus K ^a   Viallon, Magali ^a   Eberle, Balthasar ^a   Lill, Jana ^a   Puderbach, Michael U ^a   Hanke, Alexander T ^a   Schmiedeskamp, Joerg ^b   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Helium; Lung; MRI; Transplant

Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; FEMALE; HELIUM; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036186433     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10070     Document Type: Article

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