Hyperpolarized 129Xe gas lung MRI-SNR and T2 * comparisons at 1.5 T and 3 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1900-1904

  Xu, Xiaojun ^a   Norquay, Graham ^a   Parnell, Steven R ^a   Deppe, Martin H ^a   Ajraoui, Salma ^a   Hashoian, Ralph ^b   Marshall, Helen ^a   Griffiths, Paul D ^a   Parra Robles, Juan ^a   Wild, Jim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Clinical MR Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

hyperpolarized; magnetic field strength; signal to noise ratio; SNR; xenon

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; XENON;

FIELD STRENGTHS; HUMAN LUNG; HYPERPOLARIZED; IMAGE SIGNAL; LUNG MRIS; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MULTI SLICES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENON; XENON 129; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; GAS; HISTOLOGY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; XENON ISOTOPES;

EID: 84870062183     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24190     Document Type: Article

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