T1 and T2 of ferritin solutions: Effect of loading factor

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-65

  Vymazal, Josef ^a   Zak, Olga ^c   Bulte, Jeff W M ^b   Aisen, Philip ^c   Brooks, Rodney A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ferritin; iron; relaxation enhancement; relaxometry

Indexed keywords

IRON; METAL IONS; PROTEINS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC STRUCTURES; FERRITIN; FERRITIN SOLUTIONS; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; NONZERO CONTRIBUTION; PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; RELAXOMETRY;

LOADING;

FERRITIN; IRON; PROTEIN; PROTON; APOFERRITIN; IRON CHELATING AGENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HORSE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPLEEN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; APOFERRITINS; BRAIN; FERRITINS; HORSES; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEINS; SPLEEN; WATER;

EID: 0029665601     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910360111     Document Type: Article

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