Hyperpolarized helium-3 gas magnetic resonance imaging of the lung

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-230

  Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Deutsches Krebsforschuugszentrum ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Hyperpolarization; Inert noble gases; Lung; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nonproton magnetic resonance imaging; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EMPHYSEMA; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VENTILATION DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

HELIUM; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0041411744     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002142-200306000-00002     Document Type: Article

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