Maps of Self-Diffusion Coefficients by Radiofrequency Field Gradient NMR Microscopy

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-17

  Valtier, M ^a   Humbert, F ^a,b   Canet, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion map; NMR microscopy; Radiofrequency field gradients

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002248336     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1999.1871     Document Type: Article

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