Hyperpolarized 3He and 129Xe MRI: Differences in asthma before bronchodilation

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1521-1530

  Svenningsen, Sarah ^a,b   Kirby, Miranda ^a,b   Starr, Danielle ^a   Leary, Del ^c   Wheatley, Andrew ^a   Maksym, Geoffrey N ^c   McCormack, David G ^b   Parraga, Grace ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

airway obstruction; bronchodilator; functional imaging; gas distribution; ventilation defect

Indexed keywords

APO SALVENT; HELIUM; HELIUM 3; SALBUTAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENON; XENON 129;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHODILATOR; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; GAS DISTRIBUTION; VENTILATION DEFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HELIUM; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XENON ISOTOPES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890110300     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24111     Document Type: Article

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