Human lung air spaces: Potential for MR imaging with hyperpolarized He- 3

Radiology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 553-558

  MacFall, James R ^a   Charles, H Cecil ^a   Black, Robert D ^a   Middleton, Hunter ^b   Swartz, John C ^a   Saam, Brian ^b   Driehuys, Bastiaan ^b   Erickson, Christopher ^b   Happer, William ^b   Cates, Gordon D ^b   Johnson, G Allan ^a   Ravin, Carl E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), contrast enhancement; Magnetic resonance (MR), nuclei other than H

Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 8944220243     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.200.2.8685356     Document Type: Article

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