Test liquids for quantitative MRI measurements of self-diffusion coefficient in vivo

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 368-374

  Tofts, Paul S ^a,b   Lloyd, D ^c   Clark, C A ^a,d   Barker, G J ^a   Parker, G J M ^a   McConville, P ^c   Baldock, C ^c   Pope, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Alkane; Diffusion coefficient; MRI; Quality control

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAFFINS; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CONFIDENCE LIMIT; MEASUREMENTS OF; NMR SPECTROMETER; QUALITY CONTROL TESTS; QUANTITATIVE MRIS; SELF-DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ALCOHOL; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANE; DECANE; OCTANE; PROPANOL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SPECTROMETER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034092613     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(200003)43:3<368::AID-MRM8>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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