The influence of field strength on the apparent diffusion coefficient of 3He gas in human lungs

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 322-325

  Parra Robles, J ^a   Ajraoui, S ^a   Marshall, H ^a   Deppe, M H ^a   Xu, X ^a   Wild, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADC; field dependence; lung

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PHASE INTERFACES;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; BACKGROUND FIELD; FIELD DEPENDENCE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; LUNG; LUNG MICROSTRUCTURES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY DIFFERENCES; TISSUE INTERFACE;

SURFACE DIFFUSION;

HELIUM; HELIUM 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HELIUM NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG; LUNG STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING;

EID: 84856225301     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23187     Document Type: Article

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