Progression of Emphysema in a 12-month Hyperpolarized 3He-MRI Study. Lacunarity Analysis Provided a More Sensitive Measure than Standard ADC Analysis1

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 700-707

  Diaz, Sandra ^a   Casselbrant, Ingrid ^a   Piitulainen, Eeva ^a   Magnusson, Peter ^a   Peterson, Barry ^a   Pickering, Evelyn ^a   Tuthill, Theresa ^a   Ekberg, Olle ^a   Akeson, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

emphysema; Hyperpolarization; lacunarity; noble gases

Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HELIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65549167186     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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