MR imaging of mouse lung using hyperpolarized 3He: Image acquisition and T1 estimation under spontaneous respiration

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-64

  Imai, Hirohiko ^a   Narazaki, Michiko ^a   Inoshita, Hiroyuki ^a   Kimura, Atsuomi ^a   Fujiwara, Hideaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hyperpolarized 3He; Longitudinal relaxation time; Lung image; SF6; Wash out

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELIUM; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLOOD FLOW; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MALE; MOUSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HELIUM; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOTOPES; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 36148943755     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.5.57     Document Type: Article

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