title: Imaging of the distal airways.
abstract: Imaging techniques of the lung continue to advance, with improving ability to image the more distal airways. Two imaging techniques are reviewed: computed tomography and magnetic resonance with hyperpolarized helium-3.
authors: Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors: Donald P
authors: DP
authors: Tashkin
authors: Eduard E
authors: EE
authors: de Lange
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D055745:Bronchioles / Q000473:pathology*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006371:Helium; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D006371:Helium