Anomalous diffusion of water in biological tissues

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2950-2958

  Kopf M ^a   Corinth, C ^a   Haferkamp, O ^a   Nonnenmacher, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BREAST DISEASE; CARCINOMA; CELL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TISSUE;

EID: 0030047234     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79865-X     Document Type: Article

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