Oxygen saturations during lung imaging with hyperpolarised helium (3He) in normal subjects, smokers and mild to moderate COPD

G. H. Mills, J. Seidel, S. Fleming, N. Woodhouse, J. Wild, S. Fichele, R. Lawson, E. Van Beek (Sheffield, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2003 - Clinical and experimental thoracic imaging
Session: Clinical and experimental thoracic imaging
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3341
Disease area: Airway diseases

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