Regional ventilation mapping of the rat lung using hyperpolarized 129Xe magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1623-1631

  Couch, Marcus J ^a,b   Ouriadov, Alexei ^a   Santyr, Giles E ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

helium; hyperpolarized; lung; ventilation; xenon

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HELIUM; PIXELS; RATS; VENTILATION; XENON;

DYNAMIC SIGNALS; HYPERPOLARIZED; LUNG; LUNG VENTILATION; MEASUREMENTS OF; REGIONAL VENTILATION; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS; VENTILATION MEASUREMENTS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

HELIUM; HYPERPOLARIZED XENON 129; METHACHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG VENTILATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 84867858690     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24152     Document Type: Article

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