MRI of the Lung: Non-invasive Protocols and Applications to Small Animal Models of Lung Disease

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 771, Issue , 2011, Pages 459-474

  Zurek, Magdalena ^a   Crémillieux, Yannick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE CARDIO THORACIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

asthma model; bronchoconstriction; Helium 3; hyperpolarized gases; LPS; lung; lung inflammation; lung ventilation imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; methacholine; mouse; MRI; rat; rodent; spontaneous breathing lung imaging; Xenon 129

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RODENTIA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80054768855     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-219-9_24     Document Type: Chapter

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