MR imaging of the lungs with hyperpolarized helium-3 gas transported by air

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2002, Pages

  Wild, J M ^a   Schmiedeskamp, J ^b   Paley, M N J ^a   Filbir, F ^b   Fichele, S ^a   Kasuboski, L ^c   Knitz, F ^b   Woodhouse, N ^a   Swift, A ^a   Heil, W ^b   Mills, G H ^a   Wolf, M ^b   Griffiths, P D ^a   Otten, E ^b   Van Beek, E J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Philips Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; HOSPITALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGY;

PULMONARY AIR SPACES;

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

HELIUM; HELIUM 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ISOTOPE;

AIR; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAS TRANSPORT; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LUNG; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; AIRCRAFT; EVALUATION; HARTNUP DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY;

AIR; AIRCRAFT; EVALUATION STUDIES; HARTNUP DISEASE; HELIUM; HUMAN; ISOTOPES; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; HUMANS;

EID: 0037036587     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/13/401     Document Type: Article

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