Hyperpolarized 3helium gas as a novel contrast agent for functional MRI of ventilation

Academic Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; HELIUM 3; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENON 129; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELIUM; ISOTOPE;

CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; GAS FLOW; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0036340399     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80277-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (16)

1. Nuclear polarization in 3He gas induced by optical pumping and dipolar exchange
2. Polarization of 3He gas by optical pumping
3. MRI using hyperpolarized noble gases
4. Imaging of the lungs using 3He MRI: Preliminary clinical experience
5. 3He MRI in healthy volunteers: Preliminary correlation with smoking history and lung volumes
6. Lung air spaces: MR imaging evaluation with hyperpolarized He gas
7. Cystic fibrosis: Combined hyperpolarized 3He-enhanced and conventional proton MR imaging in the lung-preliminary observations
8. Hyperpolarized 3He MR lung ventilation imaging in asthmatics: Preliminary findings
9. Hyperpolarized 3He-enhanced MR imaging of lung transplant recipients: Preliminary results
10. Volumetry of ventilated airspaces using 3He MRI: Preliminary results
11. Ultraschnelle MRT der lungenventilation mittels hochpolarisiertem helium-3
12. Dynamic echo planar MR imaging of lung ventilation with hyperpolarized He-3 in normal subjects and patients with severe emphysema
13. Measuring diffusivity of 3He in human lung: Preliminary study of patients with emphysema
14. Detection of regional microstructural changes of the lung in emphysema using hyperpolarized 3 He diffusion MRI
15. Quantitation of regional intrapulmonary oxygen partial pressure evaluation during apnoe by 3He-MRI
16. Analysis of regional intrapulmonary O2-concentrations by MR imaging of inhaled hyperpolarized helium-3