Decay characteristics of bone marrow in the presence of a trabecular bone network: In vitro and in vivo studies showing a departure from monoexponential behavior

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 921-927

  Newitt, David C ^a,b   Majumdar, Sharmila ^a   Jergas, Michael D ^a   Genant, Harry K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bone marrow; susceptibility effects; trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

BONE;

BONE MARROW; DECAY CHARACTERISTICS; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; ORIENTATION DEPENDENT; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; TRABECULAR BONE NETWORKS; TRABECULAR BONES; TRABECULAR ORIENTATION;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL DETECTION; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 0029973792     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350622     Document Type: Article

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