The influence of lung airways branching structure and diffusion time on measurements and models of short-range 3He gas MR diffusion

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 225, Issue , 2012, Pages 102-113

  Parra Robles, Juan ^a   Wild, Jim M ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion MR; Finite element modelling; Hyperpolarized helium; Lung imaging

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING EFFECTS; BRANCHING STRUCTURES; CYLINDER MODEL; DIFFUSION EXPERIMENTS; DIFFUSION MEASUREMENTS; DIFFUSION SIGNALS; DIFFUSION TIME; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; HEALTHY HUMANS; HYPERPOLARIZED; IN-VIVO; LUNG AIRWAYS; LUNG IMAGING; LUNG MICROSTRUCTURES; MODEL EQUATIONS; MORPHOMETRY; MR-DIFFUSION; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; THEORETICAL MODELS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; HELIUM;

DIFFUSION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELIUM;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HELIUM; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868700451     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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