Magnetic resonance properties of ex vivo breast tissue at 1.5 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 669-677

  Graham, Simon J ^a,b   Ness, Sola ^a   Hamilton, Bradford S ^a   Bronskill, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast tissue; Magnetization transfer; T1 relaxation time; T2 relaxation time; Water content

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORRELATION METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIZATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; RELAXATION TIME; RESONANCE; WATER CONTENT;

BREAST TISSUES; FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ABSORPTION; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; T1 AND T2 RELAXATION TIME; T1 RELAXATION TIME; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0030883897     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380422     Document Type: Article

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