Fast and simultaneous measurement of longitudinal and transverse NMR relaxation times in a single continuous wave free precession experiment

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-39

  Venâncio, Tiago ^a,b   Engelsberg, Mario ^c   Azeredo, Rodrigo B V ^d   Alem, Neif E R ^b   Colnago, Luiz A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Continuous wave free precession; Longitudinal and transverse relaxation times; Quasi stationary regime; Simultaneous determination; Steady state free precession

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONTINUOUS WAVE FREE PRECISION; LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE RELAXATION TIMES; QUASI-STATIONARY REGIME; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION; STEADY-STATE FREE PRECESSION;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 13444257561     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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