European Journal of Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 3 , Pages 375-380 , December 2007

Influences of prolonged apnea and oxygen inhalation on pulmonary hemodynamics during breath holding: Quantitative assessment by velocity-encoded MR imaging with SENSE technique

  • Munenobu Nogami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Tel.: +81 78 382 6104; fax: +81 78 382 6129.
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  • Yoshiharu Ohno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
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  • Takanori Higashino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
    • Department of Radiology, Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Nara, Japan
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  • Daisuke Takenaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
    • ,
  • Takeshi Yoshikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
    • Department of Radiology, Konan Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
    • ,
  • Hisanobu Koyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
    • ,
  • Hideaki Kawamitsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
    • ,
  • Masahiko Fujii

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan
    • Division of Radiology, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazuro Sugimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0017, Japan

Received 31 January 2007 ,Revised 2 February 2007 ,Accepted 2 February 2007.

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PII: S0720-048X(07)00381-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.02.043

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 3 , Pages 375-380 , December 2007

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