Characterization of the cerebral distribution of general anesthetics in vivo by two-dimensional 19F chemical shift imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 626-630

  Venkatasubramanian, Palamadai N ^a   Shen, Ying J ^a   Wyrwicz, Alice M ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for MR Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Brain; Chemical shift imaging; Fluorine 19

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHEMICAL SHIFT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

BRAIN REGIONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHEMICAL SHIFT IMAGING; FLUORINE-19; FREE INDUCTION DECAY; PHASE ENCODING; SURFACE COILS; TIME DEPENDENT VARIATIONS;

ANESTHETICS;

FLUORINE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; FLUORINATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0029930221     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350426     Document Type: Article

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