Translational Imaging of Pulmonary Gas-Exchange Using Hyperpolarized 129Xe Magnetic Resonance Imaging

<p>The diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary diseases still rely on pulmonary function tests that offer archaic or insensitive biomarkers of lung structure and function. As a consequence, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the third leading cause of death in the US, and the hospitalizatio...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaushik, Suryanarayanan Sivaram
Other Authors: Driehuys, Bastiaan
Published: 2014
Subjects:
MRI
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/9441