On modeling

DS Novikov, VG Kiselev… - Magnetic resonance in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Map** tissue microstructure with MRI holds great promise as a noninvasive window into
tissue organization at the cellular level. Having originated within the realm of diffusion NMR …

Quantifying brain microstructure with diffusion MRI: Theory and parameter estimation

DS Novikov, E Fieremans, SN Jespersen… - NMR in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We review, systematize and discuss models of diffusion in neuronal tissue, by putting them
into an overarching physical context of coarse‐graining over an increasing diffusion length …

Diffusional kurtosis imaging: the quantification of non‐gaussian water diffusion by means of magnetic resonance imaging

JH Jensen, JA Helpern, A Ramani, H Lu… - … in Medicine: An …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
A magnetic resonance imaging method is presented for quantifying the degree to which
water diffusion in biologic tissues is non‐Gaussian. Since tissue structure is responsible for …

Early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: definition, assessment, and prevention

SI Rennard, MB Drummond - The Lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death
worldwide. COPD, however, is a heterogeneous collection of diseases with differing causes …

An official research policy statement of the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society: standards for quantitative assessment of lung structure

CCW Hsia, DM Hyde, M Ochs… - American journal of …, 2010 - atsjournals.org
The charge of this Joint ATS/ERS Task Force was to critically review the state-of-the-art
stereological methods in lung morphometry, provide practical guidelines for use of these …

Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI of the human lung

JP Mugler III, TA Altes - Journal of Magnetic Resonance …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
By permitting direct visualization of the airspaces of the lung, magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) using hyperpolarized gases provides unique strategies for evaluating pulmonary …

Techniques of assessing small airways dysfunction

W McNulty, OS Usmani - European clinical respiratory journal, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The small airways are defined as those less than 2 mm in diameter. They are a major site of
pathology in many lung diseases, not least chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

NMR survey of reflected Brownian motion

DS Grebenkov - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2007 - APS
Restricted diffusion is a common feature of many physicochemical, biological, and industrial
processes. Nuclear magnetic resonance techniques are often used to survey the atomic or …

Alveolarization continues during childhood and adolescence: new evidence from helium-3 magnetic resonance

M Narayanan, J Owers-Bradley… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The current hypothesis that human pulmonary alveolarization is complete by 3
years is contradicted by new evidence of alveolarization throughout adolescence in …

Modeling dendrite density from magnetic resonance diffusion measurements

SN Jespersen, CD Kroenke, L Østergaard… - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) provides a noninvasive tool to probe tissue
microstructure. We propose a simplified model of neural cytoarchitecture intended to capture …