Probing lung microstructure with hyperpolarized 3He gradient echo MRI

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1451-1460

  Sukstanskii, Alexander L ^a   Quirk, James D ^a   Yablonskiy, Dmitriy A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperpolarized gas; Lung morphometry; Magnetic susceptibility; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; HYPERPOLARIZED; INHOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELD; LUNG MICROSTRUCTURES; MORPHOMETRY; RELAXATION; SUSCEPTIBILITY DIFFERENCES; THEORETICAL MODELING;

BLOOD VESSELS;

HELIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GAS DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VENTILATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELIUM; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911807524     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3150     Document Type: Article

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