Evidence of Red Cell Alignment in the Magnetic Field of an NMR Spectrometer Based on the Diffusion Tensor of Water

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 291-301

  Kuchel, Philip W ^a   Durrant, Christopher J ^a   Chapman, Bogdan E ^a   Jarrett, Penelope S ^a   Regan, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell alignment; Erythrocytes; Magnetic field effect on cells; Multivariate analysis; PGSE NMR; Water diffusion

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; WATER;

EID: 0034241350     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.2000.2093     Document Type: Article

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