Investigating 3He diffusion NMR in the lungs using finite difference simulations and in vivo PGSE experiments

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Fichele, Stanislao ^a   Paley, Martyn N J ^a   Woodhouse, Neil ^a   Griffiths, Paul D ^a   Van Beek, Edwin J R ^a   Wild, Jim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3He; Diffusion; Finite difference; Hyperpolarized; PGSE

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HELIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TISSUE; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

GAS DIFFUSION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LUNGS;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELIUM; ISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HELIUM; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

EID: 1242287522     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2003.10.019     Document Type: Article

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