Estimation of the iron concentration in excised gray matter by means of proton relaxation measurements

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-289

  Ye, Frank Q ^a   Martin, W R Wayne ^a   Allen, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

brain iron; magnetic resonance; transverse relaxation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRAIN; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TISSUE;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BRAIN IRON; CARRPURCELL-MEIBOOM-GILL (CPMG); IRON CONCENTRATIONS; NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE; PROTON TRANSVERSE RELAXATION; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION RATE;

IRON METALLOGRAPHY;

IRON;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN LEVEL; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030067850     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350304     Document Type: Article

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