Diffusion characteristics of large molecules assessed by proton MRS on a whole-body MR system

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-46

  Lehnert, A ^a   Machann, J ^a   Helms, G ^a   Claussen, C D ^a   Schick, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lipids; MR spectroscopy; Self diffusion

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; DECANOL; FATTY ACID; LARD; LIPID; OLEIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER LEG; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STIMULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 1242337460     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2003.05.007     Document Type: Article

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