Measurement of regional lung function in rats using hyperpolarized 3helium dynamic MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-88

  Chen, Ben T ^a   Brau, Anja C S ^a   Johnson, G Allan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Constant flow ventilation; Hyperpolarized helium; Lung structure; MRI; Regional lung function

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIZATION; RATS;

CONSTANT FLOW; DYNAMIC INFORMATION; HYPERPOLARIZED; LUNG STRUCTURES; NORMALIZED SIGNALS; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; REGIONAL LUNG FUNCTIONS; SCANNING STRATEGIES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

HELIUM;

AIRFLOW; AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0037225618     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10336     Document Type: Article

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