Advances in functional and structural imaging of the human lung using proton MRI

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1542-1556

  Miller, G Wilson ^a,b   Mugler, John P ^a,b   Sá, Rui C ^c   Altes, Talissa A ^a   Prisk, G Kim ^c,d   Hopkins, Susan R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Functional lung imaging; Oxygen enhanced pulmonary MRI; Respiratory triggering; Specific ventilation imaging; Structural lung imaging; Ultrashort echo time; Ventilation perfusion ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; GRAVITATIONAL GRADIENT; LUNG IMAGING; PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATORY TRIGGERING; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PROTON;

ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPIN LABELING; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; LUNG; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME;

HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTONS; PULMONARY VENTILATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84911991769     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3156     Document Type: Review

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