An in vitro evaluation of the effects of local magnetic-susceptibility-induced gradients on anisotropic water diffusion in nerve

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-44

  Beaulieu, Christian ^a   Allen, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anistropy; Diffusion; Nerve; NMR

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; EYE PROTECTION; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ANISTROPY; FIELD STRENGTHS; IN-VITRO EVALUATION; NERVE; PULSE SEQUENCE; SCIATIC NERVES; WATER DIFFUSION; WATER DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FISH; FROG; NERVE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0029990703     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910360108     Document Type: Article

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