Optimization and evaluation of the signal intensity change in multisection oxygen-enhanced MR lung imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 860-866

  Löffler, Ralf ^a,b   Müller, Chrstian J ^a   Peller, Michael ^a   Penzkofer, Herbert ^a   Deimling, Michael ^b   Schwaiblmair, Martin ^a   Scheidler, Jürgen ^a   Reiser, Maximilian ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung imaging; MRI; Oxygen enhanced imaging; Pulmonary diffusion capacity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BREATH HOLDS; INVERSION RECOVERY; LUNG IMAGING; MEASUREMENT PROTOCOL; MULTI-SECTION; PULMONARY DIFFUSION CAPACITY; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; TURBO SPIN ECHOS;

OXYGEN;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORY;

EID: 0343183915     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2594(200006)43:6<860::AID-MRM12>3.3.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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