Pulmonary ventilation visualized using hyperpolarized helium-3 and xenon-129 magnetic resonance imaging: Differences in COPD and relationship to emphysema

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 707-715

  Kirby, Miranda ^a,b   Svenningsen, Sarah ^a,b   Kanhere, Nikhil ^a,b   Owrangi, Amir ^a,b   Wheatley, Andrew ^a   Coxson, Harvey O ^c   Santyr, Giles E ^a,b   Paterson, Nigel A M ^a,b   McCormack, David G ^a,b   Parraga, Grace ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Emphysema; Hyperpolarized helium 3 magnetic resonance imaging; Hyperpolarized xenon 129 magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELIUM; XENON;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIROMETRY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HELIUM; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; XENON ISOTOPES;

EID: 84878573052     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01206.2012     Document Type: Article

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