Measurement of xenon diffusing capacity in the rat lung by hyperpolarized129Xe MRI and dynamic spectroscopy in a single breath-hold

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-264

  Abdeen, Nishard ^a,f   Cross, Albert ^b   Cron, Gregory ^c   White, Steven ^a   Rand, Thomas ^d   Miller, David ^a   Santyr, Giles ^a,e  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic spectroscopy; Lung diffusing capacity; Rat lung; Stachybotrys chartarum

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; PATHOLOGY; RATE CONSTANTS; RATS; XENON;

CONSTANT PRESSURES; FUNGAL SPORES; HYPERPOLARISED; HYPERPOLARIZED; LUNG DIFFUSING CAPACITY; LUNG INFLAMMATION; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; TRANSFER RATES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENON; XENON 129;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; FUNGUS SPORE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RAT; SPECTROSCOPY; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 33746685621     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20943     Document Type: Article

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