Selective Imaging of Biofilms in Porous Media by NMR Relaxation

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-73

  Hoskins, Brian C ^a   Fevang, Liv ^a   Majors, Paul D ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^a   Georgiou, George ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Image sorting; Porous media; Relaxation NMRI; Selective imaging

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POROSITY;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSPHERES; POROSITY;

EID: 0033155793     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1999.1747     Document Type: Article

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