Hyperpolarized 3He Magnetic Resonance Functional Imaging Semiautomated Segmentation

Academic Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-152

  Kirby, Miranda ^a,b   Heydarian, Mohammadreza ^a   Svenningsen, Sarah ^a,b   Wheatley, Andrew ^a   McCormack, David G ^b   Etemad Rezai, Roya ^b   Parraga, Grace ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Cystic fibrosis; Hyperpolarized 3He MRI; Segmentation; Ventilation defects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HELIUM MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORACIC CAVITY; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HELIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 84855262042     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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