European Journal of Radiology
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 249-254 , February 2010

Demonstration of pulmonary perfusion heterogeneity induced by gravity and lung inflation using arterial spin labeling

  • Li Fan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, ChangZheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
    • Tel.: +86 13564684699.
    • ,
  • Shi-yuan Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, ChangZheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Radiology, ChangZheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, No. 415 Fengyang Road, Shanghai 200003, China. Tel.: +86 13761304518; fax: +86 21 63587668.
    • ,
  • Xiang-sheng Xiao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, ChangZheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
    • Tel.: +86 13901614688.
    • ,
  • Fei Sun

      Affiliations

    • GE Healthcare, China
    • Tel.: +86 13911168170.

Received 20 April 2008 ,Accepted 20 November 2008.

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PII: S0720-048X(08)00648-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.11.019

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 73, Issue 2 , Pages 249-254 , February 2010

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