Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: quantification of bronchodilator effects by using hyperpolarized ³He MR imaging.

Miranda Kirby,Lindsay Mathew,Mohammadreza Heydarian,Roya Etemad-Rezai,David G. McCormack,Grace Parraga

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: quantification of bronchodilator effects by using hyperpolarized ³He MR imaging.

2011

Miranda Kirby
Lindsay Mathew
Mohammadreza Heydarian
Roya Etemad-Rezai
David G. McCormack
Grace Parraga

Our results suggest that noninvasive pulmonary functional helium 3 (3He) MR imaging provides a way to measure acute treatment effects by quantifying 3He gas distribution before and after therapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Respiratory disease
Radiology
Bronchodilator
Disease
Pathology
Medicine
Functional residual capacity
Pulmonary function testing
Hyperpolarized Helium 3
Lung volumes
COPD
Spirometry
Magnetic resonance imaging

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