Translational applications of hyperpolarized 3He and 129Xe

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1429-1438

  Walkup, Laura L ^a   Woods, Jason C ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Gas exchange; Helium; Hyperpolarized; Lung; Ventilation; Xenon

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMARKERS; DIFFUSION; DISSOLUTION; HELIUM; INERT GASES; IONIZING RADIATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SURFACE DIFFUSION; VENTILATION; XENON;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CLINICAL APPLICATION; GAS EXCHANGE; HYPERPOLARIZED; LONG-RANGE DIFFUSION; LUNG; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; NORMAL VENTILATIONS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HELIUM; INERT GAS; XENON;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS EXAMINATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMPHYSEMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VENTILATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; VENTILATOR INDUCED LUNG INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DIFFUSION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

DIFFUSION; HELIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY VENTILATION; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; XENON ISOTOPES;

EID: 84911806784     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3151     Document Type: Review

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