Editorial for "Quantifying Spatial Distribution of Ventilation Defects in Multiple Pulmonary Diseases With Hyperpolarized ¹²⁹Xenon MRI"

Affiliations

¹ Division of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Paediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

Editorial

Marion Curdy et al. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;61(4):1874-1875.

doi: 10.1002/jmri.29629. Epub 2024 Oct 22.

¹ Division of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Paediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

No abstract available

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