MRI of the lungs using hyperpolarized noble gases

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1029-1051

  Möller, Harald E ^a   Chen, X Josette ^b   Saam, Brian ^c   Hagspiel, Klaus D ^d   Johnson, G Allan ^e   Altes, Talissa A ^d   De Lange, Eduard E ^d   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hyperpolarized 129Xe; Hyperpolarized 3He; Lung; Perfusion; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

INERT GASES; OPTICAL PUMPING; SPIN POLARIZATION; VENTILATION;

HYPERPOLARIZED; LUNG; NOBLE GAS ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR-SPIN POLARIZATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERFUSION; PULMONARY FUNCTION; PULMONARY IMAGING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

HELIUM; INERT GAS; XENON;

ACCELERATION; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG; LUNG PERFUSION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICS; REVIEW; SMOKING;

EID: 0036260633     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10173     Document Type: Review

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