Design and evaluation of a low field system for hyperpolarized 3-He gas imaging of neonatal lungs

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 209-217

  Krjukov, E ^a   Fichele, S ^a   Wild, J M ^a   Paley, Martyn N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperpolarized gas; Low field MRI; MRI system design

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148993874     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20096     Document Type: Article

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