Hyperpolarized 129xe MR imaging with balanced steady-state free precession in spontaneously breathing mouse lungs

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-40

  Imai, Fumito ^a   Kashiwagi, Ryosuke ^a   Imai, Hirohiko ^a   Iguchi, Satoshi ^a   Kimura, Atsuomi ^a   Fujiwara, Hideaki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balanced steady state free precession; Hyperpolarized 129xe; Mouse lungs; MR imaging; Spontaneous breathing

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; XENON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; GAS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANIMALS; GASES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; RESPIRATION; XENON ISOTOPES;

EID: 79960959388     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.10.33     Document Type: Article

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