Measuring Septal Wall Thickening in Human Lung Disease Using Xe129 CSSR Spectroscopy

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alveolar applied asked assessed assessment assuming asthma asthmatics audience biopsy blood breath built calculation capacity care cell characterized chemical chest chronic cigarette clinical coil commercial component confirm constant continue cosine custom decay delay density depicts described detect detection detects deviation diffusion disease dissolved distribution duration elevated emphysematous enriched error excitation exposure findings fitting five forced free function fungal gold grant hand healthy heavy hold human illustrates included increasing independent induction inflammatory inflation informed inhalation inhale integrated john lesions likely lung measured measuring medical model monitoring nonsmoking numerically particular permitted phys physician physicians physics plasma polarized population presence processes prototype pulmonary pulse pulses quantified ranging recovery residual resp rigid room sampling saturate saturation scientists seem several since smallest smoke smokers smoking solutions spectroscopy spores squared stage starting strong studied studies subject subjects subsequent sufficiently supervised supported system target tended thick thickening thickest thicknesses tissue uptake vital volume volunteers wall walls whether xenon