INHALED OXYGEN - A BRAIN MR CONTRAST AGENT

Authors
BERTHEZENE Y TOURNUT P TURJMAN F NGBESSO R FALISE B FROMENT JC
Citation
Y. Berthezene et al., INHALED OXYGEN - A BRAIN MR CONTRAST AGENT, American journal of neuroradiology, 16(10), 1995, pp. 2010-2012
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956108
Volume
16
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2010 - 2012
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(1995)16:10<2010:IO-ABM>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Oxygen inhalation led to subtle but readily detectable changes on T2- weighted images with a conventional MR imager at 1.5 T. We attribute t he increase in local signal intensity to changes in blood oxygenation, in particular to a net conversion of deoxyhemoglobin to oxyhemoglobin .