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Thomen RP, Quirk JD, Roach D, Egan-Rojas T, Ruppert K, Patterson GA, Altes TA, Yablonskiy D, Woods JC. Measurement of airspace enlargement in human lungs by quantitative histology and hyperpolarized 129Xe , Magn Reson Med , 77(1): 2017,265-272


Ruppert K, Altes TA, Mata JF, Ruset IC, Hersman FW, Mugler JP 3rd. Detecting Pulmonary Capillary Blood Pulsations Using Hyperpolarized 129Xe Chemical Shift Saturation Recovery (CSSR) MR Spectroscopy. , Magn Reson Med , 75(4): 2016,1771-80


Qing K, Mugler JP 3rd, Altes TA, Jiang Y, Mata JF, Miller GW, Ruset IC, Hersman FW, Ruppert K. Assessment of Lung Function in Asthma and COPD using Hyperpolarized 129Xe Chemical Shift Saturation Recovery Spectroscopy and Dissolved-Phase MR Imaging. , NMR in Biomedicine , 27(12): 2014,1490-1501


Ruppert K. Biomedical imaging with hyperpolarized noble gases. , Rep. Prog. Phys. , 77(11): 2014,116701


Mata J, Sheng K, Hagspiel K, Ruppert K, Sylvester P, Mugler J 3rd, Fernandes C, Guan S, Larner J, Read, P. Pulmonary toxicity in a rabbit model of stereotactic lung radiation therapy: Efficacy of a radio protector. , Exp Lung Res. , 40(6): 2014,308-16


Qing K, Ruppert K, Jiang Y, Mata JF, Miller GW, Shim YM, Wang C, Ruset IC, Hersman FW, Altes TA, Mugler JP 3rd. Regional mapping of gas uptake by blood and tissue in the human lung using hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI. , J Magn Reson Imaging., 39(2): 2014,346-59


Dregely IM, Ruset IC, Wiggins G, Mareyam A, Altes TA, Mugler III JP, Altes TA, Meyer C, Ruppert K, Wald LL, Hersman FW. 32-channel phased-array receive with asymmetric birdcage transmit coil for hyperpolarized xenon-129 lung imaging. , Magn Reson Med , 70(2): 2012,576-583


Mackenzie JD, Hernandez A, Pena A, Ruppert K, Khrichenko D, Gonzalez L, Jawad AF, Wells L, Smith-, Whitley K, Jaramillo D. Magnetic resonance imaging in children with sickle cell disease - detecting alterations in the apparent diffusion coefficient in hips with avascular necrosis. , Pediatr Radiol , 42(6): 2012,706-713


Dregely IM, Ruset IC, Mata JF, Ketel J, Ketel S, Distelbrink J, Altes TA, Mugler III JP, Miller GW, Hersman, FW, Ruppert K. Multiple-Exchange-Time Xenon Polarization Transfer Contrast (MXTC) MRI: Initial Results in Animals and Healthy Volunteers. , Magn Reson Med , 67(4): 2012,943-953


Dregely I, Mugler JP 3rd, Ruset IC, Altes TA, Mata JF, Miller GW, Ketel J, Ketel S, Distelbrink J, Hersman FW, Ruppert K Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 Gas-Exchange Imaging of Lung Microstructure: First Case Studies in Subjects With Obstructive Lung Disease , J Magn Reson Imaging, 33(5): 2011,1052-62


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