A system for open-access 3He human lung imaging at very low field

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 210-221

  Ruset, I C ^a   Tsai, L L ^b,c   Mair, R W ^b   Patz, S ^d   Hrovat, M I ^e   Rosen, M S ^b   Muradian, I ^a   Ng, J ^b,c   Topulos, G P ^d   Butler, J P ^f   Walsworth, R L ^b   Hersman, F W ^a  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Mirtech Inc   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser polarized noble gas; Low magnetic field; Lung imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Open access

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750847911     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20075     Document Type: Article

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