Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
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J Magn Reson Imaging · Apr 2014
Pulmonary 3 T MRI with ultrashort TEs: influence of ultrashort echo time interval on pulmonary functional and clinical stage assessments of smokers.
To assess the influence of ultrashort TE (UTE) intervals on pulmonary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with UTEs (UTE-MRI) for pulmonary functional loss assessment and clinical stage classification of smokers. ⋯ UTE-MRI has a potential for management of smokers and the UTE interval is suggested as an important parameter in this setting.