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the kidneys are visualized. The SNR
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Figure 14. Signal intensities in im
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Table 6. Summary of parameters calc
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are presented in Figure 16, which c
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elaxation were not included in the
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ing 3 He was located about 1.5 m fr
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2002) to 3 He MRI of humans have be
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7 Acknowledgements The writing of a
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BLOCH F, HANSEN WW, PACKARD M. The
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DURAND E, GUILLOT G, DARRASSE L, TA
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HARRIS RK. Nuclear magnetic resonan
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MERBACH A, TÓTH É (eds). The Chem
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SAAM B, HAPPER W, MIDDLETON H. Nucl
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WOESSNER DE. Relaxation effects of
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Acta Radiologica 43 (2002) 455-460
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ECHO-PLANAR MR IMAGING OF DISSOLVED
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ECHO-PLANAR MR IMAGING OF DISSOLVED
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Paper II
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Abstract A 13 C-enriched water-solu
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concentration, makes this substance
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II-6 M = E M M = E M zn , 1 zn ,
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A trueFISP pulse sequence was imple
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Results In vitro experiments The T
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The T 2 of the 13 C-based CM is ver
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Conclusion MR angiograms with high
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19. Hall DA, Maus DC, Gerfen GJ, In
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Figure 2. The maximum echo amplitud
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II-20 Relative SNR 300 200 100 0 0
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Figure 6. The first image in a seri
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FULL PAPERS Quantitative Measuremen
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Quantitative Lung Ventilation Using
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Quantitative Lung Ventilation Using
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Quantitative Lung Ventilation Using
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Quantitative Lung Ventilation Using
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Paper IV
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Abstract A recently developed metho
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ventilation, defined as the relativ
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value of approximately 2.6 bar⋅s
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cients b 1 for the linear fit and b
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In several investigations, vertical
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References 1. Mure M, Domino KB, Li
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24. Saam B, Happer W, Middleton H.
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Table 2. Correlation coefficient (R
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a coronal sagittal axial b coronal
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a b Prone Supine Prone Supine IV-20
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Number of voxels with R 2 > 0.6 IV-
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Characterization of diffusing capac
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Introduction Gas transfer from ambi
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The diffusion coefficient, D, of xe
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tions in tissue, plasma and red blo
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Methods Polarization and administra
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Parametric analysis The data analys
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is inversely proportional to the ga
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prospect of more comprehensive char
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12. Ruppert K, Brookeman JR, Hagspi
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Table 1. Summary of the calculated
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Xe concentration (mM) 7.0 � �
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NMR-signal S a (0) S a0 S t0 S b0 s
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