Functional lung imaging using hyperpolarized gas MRI
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Functional lung imaging using hyperpolarized gas MRI.
The noninvasive assessment of lung function using imaging is increasingly of interest for the study of lung diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Hyperpolarized gas MRI (HP MRI) has demonstrated the ability to detect changes in ventilation, perfusion, and lung microstructure that appear to be associated with both normal lung development and disease progres...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1053-1807,1522-2586
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20876