High-resolution in vivo measurements of transverse relaxation times in rats at 7 tesla

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-290

  Crémillieux, Yannick ^a,b   Ding, Shujun ^a   Dunn, Jeff F ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

7 T; Brain; Rat; T2

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BRAIN; RATING; RATS;

CHEMICAL EXCHANGE; DIPOLAR INTERACTION; FIELD EFFECTS; FIELD STRENGTHS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; REGIONAL VARIATION; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION TIME;

RELAXATION TIME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRON STORAGE; MAGNETISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RELAXATION TIME;

EID: 0031909144     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910390216     Document Type: Article

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