Comparison of hyperpolarized 3He MRI with Xe-enhanced computed tomography imaging for ventilation mapping of rat lung

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1073-1080

  Santyr, Giles E ^a,b   Couch, Marcus J ^a,b   Lam, Wilfred W ^c   Ouriadov, Alexei ^a   Drangova, Maria ^a,b   Mccormack, David G ^d   Holdsworth, David W ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Helium; Lung; MRI; Ventilation; Xenon

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST AGENT; HYPERPOLARIZED; IMAGING MODALITY; LUNG; LUNG VENTILATION; PER UNIT VOLUME; REGIONAL VENTILATION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HELIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATS; TOMOGRAPHY; XENON;

VENTILATION;

XENON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GAS ANALYSIS PARAMETERS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIDAL VOLUME; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ANIMALS; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RESPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; XENON;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 80054052135     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1659     Document Type: Article

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