Experimental investigation and numerical simulation of 3He gas diffusion in simple geometries: Implications for analytical models of 3He MR lung morphometry

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 228-238

  Parra Robles, J ^a   Ajraoui, S ^a   Deppe, M H ^a   Parnell, S R ^a   Wild, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cylinder model; Diffusion theory; Finite element simulations; Hyperpolarized helium; Lung diffusion

Indexed keywords

CYLINDER MODEL; DIFFUSION THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HYPERPOLARIZED; HYPERPOLARIZED HELIUM; LUNG DIFFUSION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HELIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELIUM; ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC USE; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISOTOPES; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77955228075     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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