MR imaging and spectroscopy using hyperpolarized 129Xe gas: Preliminary human results

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 809-815

  Mugler III, John P ^a,d   Driehuys, Bastiaan ^b   Brookeman, James R ^a   Cates, Gordon D ^b   Berr, Stuart S ^a   Bryant, Robert G ^a   Daniel, Thomas M ^a   De Lange, Eduard E ^a   Downs III, J Hunter ^a   Erickson, Christopher J ^b   Happer, William ^b   Hinton, Denise P ^a   Kassel, Neal F ^a   Maier, Therese ^a   Phillips, C Douglas ^a   Saam, Brian T ^b   Sauer, Karen L ^b   Wagshul, Mark E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperpolarized 129Xe; MRI of lung; MRS of brain; MRS of lung

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISSOLUTION; GASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLARIZATION;

BRAIN PARENCHYMA; CROSS SECTIONAL IMAGE; HYPERPOLARIZED; MRS OF LUNG; PHASE IMAGING; PHASE RESONANCES; PROTON IMAGING; PULSE SEQUENCE;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

XENON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 8544247178     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910370602     Document Type: Article

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