Hyperpolarized and Inert Gas MRI
From Technology to Application in Research and Medicine

A contemporary, first of its kind reference volume on the state-of-the-art of hyperpolarized (HP) gas MRI and its monumental growth

Mitchell S. Albert (Edited by), Francis T Hane (Edited by)

9780128036754

Hardback, published 25 November 2016

332 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 2.4 cm, 1.11 kg

Approx.312 pages

1. MRI Acquisition Techniques 2. The Physics of Hyperpolarized Gas MRI 3. Dynamic Imaging of Lung Ventilation and Gas Flow With Hyperpolarized Gas MRI 4. Persistence of Ventilation Defects in Asthmatics 5. Hyperpolarized ³He Gas MRI Studies of Pulmonary Disease 6. Pediatric Imaging and Cystic Fibrosis 7. Hyperpolarized Gas MRI of Radiation-Induced Lung Injury 8. Development and Application of Mouse Imaging Using Hyperpolarized Xenon 9. Quantitative Ventilation Imaging Using Hyperpolarized Gas and Multibreath Imaging Sequences 10. PAO₂ Mapping Using HP Gas MRI 11. Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 Dissolved-Phase Magnetic Resonance Imaging 12. Lung Morphometry With HP Gas Diffusion MRI: From Theoretical Models to Experimental Measurements 13. CT and MRI Gas Ventilation Imaging of the Lungs 14. Hyperpolarized Gas MRI of the Lung in Asthma 15. Oxygen-Enhanced MR Imaging for Lung: Basics and Clinical Applications 16. Brain Imaging Using Hyperpolarized Xenon MRI 17. Xenon Biosensor HyperCEST MRI 18. Pulmonary Imaging Using ¹⁹F MRI of Inert Fluorinated Gases 19. Surface Quadrupolar Relaxation (SQUARE) Contrast in Pulmonary MRI With Hyperpolarized ⁸³Kr 20. Overview & Future Directions

Subject Areas: Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism [PHK], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC], Oncology [MJCL], Physiology [MFG]