Hyperpolarized 3He lung ventilation imaging with B 1-inhomogeneity correction in a single breath-hold scan

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 218-226

  Miller, G W ^a   Altes, T A ^a   Brookeman, J R ^a   De Lange, E E ^a   Mugler III, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B1 inhomogeneity; Hyperpolarized gas MRI; Lung ventilation imaging

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ISOTOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CALCULATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HELIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOTOPES; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4444320114     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-003-0028-2     Document Type: Article

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