Functional magnetic resonance imaging of the lung

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-30

  Mills, G H ^a   Wild, J M ^a   Eberle, B ^b   Van Beek, E J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics gases, xenon; Gases non anaesthetic, helium; Measurement techniques, magnetic resonance imaging; Oxygen, regional intrapulmonary

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; INERT GAS; XENON;

ASTHMA; BREATH HOLDING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HELIUM OXYGEN BREATHING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW;

EID: 0038443537     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg149     Document Type: Article

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