Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 gas-exchange imaging of lung microstructure: First case studies in subjects with obstructive lung disease

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1052-1062

  Dregely, Isabel ^a   Mugler III, John P ^a   Ruset, Iulian C ^c   Altes, Talissa A ^b   Mata, Jaime F ^b   Miller, G Wilson ^b   Ketel, Jeffrey ^c   Ketel, Steve ^c   Distelbrink, Jan ^c   Hersman, F W ^a,c   Ruppert, Kai ^b  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Xemed LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

gas exchange; hyperpolarized xenon 129; lung function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZED XENON 129 GAS EXHANGE IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; XENON; XENON ISOTOPES;

EID: 79955404862     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22533     Document Type: Article

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