Proton MRI of lung parenchyma reflects allergen-induced airway remodeling and endotoxin-aroused hyporesponsiveness: A step toward ventilation studies in spontaneously breathing rats

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 258-268

  Beckmann, Nicolau ^a   Cannet, Catherine ^a   Zurbruegg, Stefan ^a   Rudin, Markus ^a   Tigani, Bruno ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Airway remodeling; Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Lung; Lung ventilation; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Oxygen enhanced MRI; Rat; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGENS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PULMONARY DISEASES; RATING; RATS; VENTILATION;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE; LUNG; LUNG VENTILATION;

MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

ALLERGEN; ENDOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PROVOCATION TEST; RAT;

EID: 3543085760     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20127     Document Type: Article

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