Anisotropy of water diffusion in the myocardium of the rat

Circulation Research

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 789-793

  Garrido, Leoncio ^a,b   Wedeen, Van J ^a   Kwong, Kenneth K ^a   Spencer, Upshur M ^b   Kantor, Howard L ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

anisotropy; diffusion tensor; myocardium; pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT;

EID: 0028325083     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.74.5.789     Document Type: Article

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