Comparison of hyperpolarized 3He MRI rat lung volume measurement with micro-computed tomography

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 359-367

  Sharif, M Reza Akhavan ^a   Lam, Wilfred W ^b   Ouriadov, Alexei V ^c   Holdsworth, David W ^c,d   Santyr, Giles E ^c,d  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breath hold; Hyperpolarized 3He; Magnetic resonance imaging; Micro computed tomography; Rat lung volumes

Indexed keywords

BREATH HOLDS; HYPERPOLARIZED; HYPERPOLARIZED 3HE; LUNG VOLUME; MICROCOMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATS; SPIN POLARIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

HELIUM; OXYGEN;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELIUM NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RATS; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77951534762     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1470     Document Type: Article

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