NMR relaxation in tissues with weak magnetic inhomogeneities

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 144-156

  Jensen, J H ^a,b   Chandra, R ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Brain; Diffusion; Magnetic inhomogeneities; Relaxation rate

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; DIFFUSION; MAGNETISM;

ALGEBRAIC APPROXIMATION; MAGNETIC INHOMOGENEITIES; NMR RELAXATION RATES; RED BLOOD CELL SUSPENSION; RELAXATION RATES; SPATIAL INHOMOGENEITIES; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; TEMPORAL CORRELATION FUNCTIONS;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL SUSPENSION; DIFFUSION; GRAY MATTER; LIVER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TISSUE;

EID: 0033937961     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2594(200007)44:1<144::AID-MRM21>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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