… that hyperpolarized 3He gas can be applied to nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of organs
… Our first in vivo ”He images were obtained from the upper respiratory tract of the volunteer …

… Pulmonary functional imaging using four-dimensional x-ray computed tomographic (4DCT)
imaging and hyperpolarized 3 He magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides regional lung …

… and application of hyperpolarized helium-3 (HP 3 He) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in
… We focus here on the potential of this imaging method and its challenges in demonstrating …

… Methods A volunteer inhaled hyperpolarised 3He to fill the lungs, which were imaged with
a conventional MRI detector assembly. The nuclear spin polarisation of helium, and other …

… the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for multicenter, multiobserver studies,
we generated a semiautomated segmentation method for hyperpolarized helium-3 ( 3 He) …

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: We assessed subjects with stage II and stage III chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and age-matched healthy volunteers at a single center …

… magnetic field magnetic resonance imaging system for small animal lung imaging using
hyperpolarized 3He … features needed for hyperpolarized 3He application in low magnetic field. …

… Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lung has been advanced recently by the use of
hyperpolarized 3 He as a new contrast mechanism. Four different image acquisition modes are …

… Color-coded oxygen sensitive 3 He MRI after inhalation of hyperpolarized 3He gas reveals
a homogeneous distribution of oxygen partial pressure within the lungs, with values ranging …

… Magnetic resonance images of the lungs of a guinea pig have been produced using
hyperpolarized … For these first tests of MRI on hyperpolarized 3He, we decided to image the lungs, …