Journal article
Hyperpolarized 3He and 129Xe MR Imaging in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Abstract
PURPOSE: To quantitatively compare hyperpolarized helium 3 (3He) and xenon 129 (129Xe) magnetic resonance (MR) images obtained within 5 minutes in healthy volunteers and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to evaluate the correlations between 3He and 129Xe MR imaging measurements and those from spirometry and plethysmography.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was approved by an ethics board and compliant with HIPAA. …
Authors
Kirby M; Svenningsen S; Owrangi A; Wheatley A; Farag A; Ouriadov A; Santyr GE; Etemad-Rezai R; Coxson HO; McCormack DG
Journal
Radiology, Vol. 265, No. 2, pp. 600–610
Publisher
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Publication Date
November 2012
DOI
10.1148/radiol.12120485
ISSN
0033-8419