Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging with hyperpolarised helium-3

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9011, 1996, Pages 1297-1299

  Ebert, M ^a   Grossmann, T ^a   Heil, W ^a   Otten, W E ^a   Surkau, R ^a   Leduc, M ^b   Bachert, P ^c   Knopp, M V ^c   Schad, L R ^c   Thelen, M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0039669134     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90940-X     Document Type: Article

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