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Ventilation/perfusion imaging of the lung using ultra‐short echo time (UTE) MRI in an animal model of pulmonary embolism

Togao et al., 2011

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844251976245171770
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Togao O
Ohno Y
Dimitrov I
Hsia C
Takahashi M
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Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Purpose: To test the feasibility of ultra‐short echo time (UTE) MRI for assessment of regional pulmonary ventilation/perfusion in a standard 3 Tesla clinical MRI system. Materials and Methods: MRI of the lungs was conducted with an optimized three‐dimensional UTE …
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