Single-breath xenon polarization transfer contrast (SB-XTC): Implementation and initial results in healthy humans

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 457-470

  Muradyan, Iga ^a,b   Butler, James P ^a,c,g   Dabaghyan, Mikayel ^a   Hrovat, Mirko ^d   Dregely, Isabel ^b   Ruset, Iulian ^e   Topulos, George P ^a   Frederick, Eric ^a,f   Hatabu, Hiroto ^a   Hersman, William F ^b,e   Patz, Samuel ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Xemed LLC   (United States)

^f University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^g Mirtech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

centric vs. sequential; human pulmonary gas exchange; hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI; lung volume dependence; SB XTC; XTC

Indexed keywords

XENON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GAS TRANSPORT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BREATH XENON POLARIZATION TRANSFER CONTRAST; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; XENON;

EID: 84872944927     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23823     Document Type: Article

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