Applications of hyperpolarized helium-3 gas magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric lung disease

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-236

  Altes, Talissa A ^a   De Lange, Eduard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hyperpolarized gas; Lung ventilation imaging; Pediatric chest imaging; Thoracic magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; HELIUM; SALBUTAMOL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HELIUM; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0043282734     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002142-200306000-00003     Document Type: Review

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