Two novel methods have been developed to study lung anatomy and function using magnetic resonance imaging (pages 1236–1239).
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Johnson, G., Hedlund, L. Functional imaging of the lung. Nat Med 2, 1192 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1196-1192
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