| Literature DB >> 8638019 |
R D Black1, H L Middleton, G D Cates, G P Cofer, B Driehuys, W Happer, L W Hedlund, G A Johnson, M D Shattuck, J C Swartz.
Abstract
The authors imaged the lungs of live guinea pigs with hyperpolarized (HP) helium-3 as a magnetic resonance (MR) signal source. HP He-3 gas produced through spin exchange with rubidium metal vapor was delivered through an MR-compatible, small-animal ventilator. Two- and three-dimensional lung images acquired with ventilation-gated, radial k-space sampling showed complete ventilation of both lungs. All images were of high quality, demonstrating that HP He-3 allows high-signal-intensity MR imaging in living systems.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8638019 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.3.8638019
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Radiology ISSN: 0033-8419 Impact factor: 11.105