Functional MR Imaging of the Lung

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-289

  Matsuoka, Shin ^a   Hunsaker, Andetta R ^a   Gill, Ritu R ^a   Jacobson, Francine L ^a   Ohno, Yoshiharu ^b   Patz, Samuel ^a   Hatabu, Hiroto ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Function; Lung; MR; Perfusion; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

INERT GAS; XENON; XENON 129;

BLOOD OXYGENATION; BREATHING MECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VENTILATION; OXYGEN TENSION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 43049181451     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2008.03.006     Document Type: Review

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