| Literature DB >> 2317059 |
B Chapman1, C O'Callaghan, R Coxon, P Glover, G Jaroszkiewicz, A Howseman, P Mansfield, P Small, A D Milner, R E Coupland.
Abstract
Echo planar imaging (an extremely fast method of magnetic resonance imaging) was used to measure lung volume in a group of nine infants, all of whom had had respiratory problems. The mean echo planar imaging estimate of total lung volume was 44 +/- 9 ml/kg. In each case the right lung was larger than the left (ratio 52.8:47.2%). The mean thoracic gas volume was 36 +/- 8 ml/kg. The entire sequence of images of the thorax (about 400) takes five minutes to complete, infants require no sedation, and there are no side effects.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2317059 PMCID: PMC1792214 DOI: 10.1136/adc.65.2.168
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Dis Child ISSN: 0003-9888 Impact factor: 3.791