Quantification of airway diameters and 3D airway tree rendering from dynamic hyperpolarized 3He Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 474-478

  Lewis, Tina A ^a,b   Tzeng, Yang Sheng ^a,b   McKinstry, Erin L ^a,b   Tooker, Angela C ^a,c   Hong, Kwansoo ^a   Sun, Yanping ^a   Mansour, Joey ^a   Handler, Zachary ^a   Albert, Mitchell S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway tree; Asthma; Hyperpolarized 3He MRI

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

AIRWAY DIAMETER; AIRWAY TREES; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS; HYPERPOLARIZED; MULTI SLICES; PROJECTION IMAGE; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION;

RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS);

HELIUM;

AIRWAY; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING MECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12844267572     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20349     Document Type: Article

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