Pulmonary hyperpolarized (129) Xe morphometry for mapping xenon gas concentrations and alveolar oxygen partial pressure: Proof-of-concept demonstration in healthy and COPD subjects - Ouriadov, A; Farag, A; Kirby, M; McCormack, D G; Parraga, G; Santyr, G E (Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2015)
Keywords: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Contrast Media - pharmacokinetics; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Female; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Male; Middle Aged; Molecular Imaging - methods; Oxygen - metabolism; Pulmonary Alveoli - metabolism; Pulmonary Alveoli - pathology; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - metabolism; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - pathology; Radiopharmaceuticals - pharmacokinetics; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tissue Distribution; Xenon - metabolism; Xenon Isotopes - pharmacokinetics; diffusion; hyperpolarized; xenon concentration; lung, morphometry; pAO2