Feasibility of functional magnetic resonance lung imaging in Australia with long distance transport of hyperpolarized helium from Germany

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 599-602

  Thien, Francis ^a   Friese, Marlies ^c   Cowin, Gary ^c   Maillet, Donald ^c   Wang, Deming ^c   Galloway, Graham ^c   Brereton, Ian ^c   Robinson, Philip J ^b   Heil, Werner ^d   Thompson, Bruce ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gas transport; Hyperpolarized helium; Magnetic resonance lung imaging

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; AVIATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GERMANY; HELIUM; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 44249110042     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01262.x     Document Type: Article

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