Perfluoropropane gas as a magnetic resonance lung imaging contrast agent in humans

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Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1300-1310

  Halaweish, Ahmed F ^a,e   Moon, Richard E ^b,c   Foster, W Michael ^b   Soher, Brian J ^a   McAdams, H Page ^d   MacFall, James R ^a   Ainslie, Maureen D ^a,e   MacIntyre, Neil R ^b   Charles, H Cecil ^a,e  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

^b Pulmonary Division   (United States)

^c GVTU Division   (United States)

^d Division of Chest Radiology   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84885098768     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2597     Document Type: Article

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