Three-dimensional assessment of lung tissue density using a clinical ultrashort echo time at 3 tesla: A feasibility study in healthy subjects

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 839-847

  Lederlin, Mathieu ^a   Crémillieux, Yannick ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE CARDIO THORACIQUE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CNRS University Bordeaux Segalen   (France)

Author keywords

Free breathing lung MRI; Lung MRI; Lung parenchyma density; UTE lung MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG FLUID; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TISSUE DENSITY; LUNG TO MUSCLE SIGNAL RATIO; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DENSITOMETRY; EVALUATION STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ALGORITHMS; DENSITOMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910599380     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24429     Document Type: Article

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