Subsecond fluorine-19 MRI of the lung

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 948-951

  Wolf, Ursula ^a   Scholz, Alexander ^a   Heussel, Claus Peter ^a   Markstaller, Klaus ^a   Schreiber, Wolfgang Günther ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

C2F6; Fluorine 19 MRI; Lung ventilation; Pulmonary; Rapid imaging

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

C2F6; FLUORINE-19; LUNG VENTILATION; PULMONARY; RAPID IMAGING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ETHANE; FLUORINE; HEXAFLUOROETHANE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SWINE; TIME;

EID: 33645758989     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20859     Document Type: Article

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