Rapid and efficient mapping of regional ventilation in the rat lung using hyperpolarized 3He with Flip Angle Variation for Offset of RF and Relaxation (FAVOR).
A novel imaging method is presented, Flip Angle Variation for Offset of RF and Relaxation (FAVOR), for rapid and efficient measurement of rat lung ventilation using hyperpolarized helium-3 (3He) gas. The FAVOR technique utilizes variable flip angles to remove the cumulative effect of RF pulses and T...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2008
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