Hyperpolarized 3He pulmonary functional magnetic resonance imaging prior to radiation therapy - Mathew, Lindsay; VanDyk, Jake; Etemad-Rezai, Roya; Rodrigues, George; Parraga, Grace (Medical physics (Lancaster), 2012)
Keywords: apparent diffusion coefficient; biodiffusion; biomedical MRI; Cancer; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Clinical applications; Computed tomography; Computerised tomographs; computerised tomography; data acquisition; Data acquisition and logging; Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific applications; Dose‐volume analysis; dosimetry; Dosimetry/exposure assessment; Helium‐3; hyperpolarized 3He magnetic resonance imaging; Image data processing or generation, in general; Image guided radiation therapy; injuries; Involving electronic [emr] or nuclear [nmr] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging; lung; Lungs; Magnetic resonance imaging; medical image processing; Medical imaging; Medical X‐ray imaging; planning; radiation therapy; radiation‐induced lung injury; ventilation defect; apparent diffusion coefficient; radiation-induced lung injury; hyperpolarized 3He magnetic resonance imaging; ventilation defect; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease