Normal and abnormal pulmonary ventilation: Visualization at hyperpolarized He-3 MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 564-568

  Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^a   Hofmann, Dirk ^a   Kreitner, Karl Friedrich ^a   Nilgens, Helge ^a   Surkau, Reinhard ^a   Heil, Werner ^a   Potthast, Andreas ^b   Knopp, Michael V ^c   Otten, Ernst W ^a   Thelen, Manfred ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), contrast enhancement; Magnetic resonance (MR), nuclei other than H

Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG VENTILATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 10244222858     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.201.2.8888259     Document Type: Article

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