## Abstract Asthma is a disease characterized by chronic inflammation and reversible obstruction of the small airways resulting in impaired pulmonary ventilation. Hyperpolarized ^3^He magnetic resonance (MR) lung imaging is a new technology that provides a detailed image of lung ventilation. Hyperp
574 Lung ventilation imaging in asthmatic using hyperpolarized helium-3
β Scribed by POWERS, P
- Book ID
- 119489428
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 120 KB
- Volume
- 105
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6825
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