A quantitative study of magnetization transfer in MAGIC gels

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  Gochberg, Daniel F ^a   Fong, Peter M ^b   Gore, John C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELS; MACROMOLECULES; MAGNETIZATION; PROTON IRRADIATION; PROTONS;

MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER (MT); POLYMER GELS;

DOSIMETERS;

POLYMER; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MACROMOLECULE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY;

ASCORBIC ACID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER SULFATE; GELATIN; HYDROQUINONES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHACRYLATES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYMERS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0242437850     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/21/N01     Document Type: Article

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