Detection of small degree of nonuniformity in dialysate flow in hollow-fiber dialyzer using proton magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 417-420

  Osuga, T ^a   Obata, T ^b   Ikehira, H ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial kidney; Back diffusion; Back filtration; Capillary; Channeling; Vortex flow

Indexed keywords

CHELATE; GADOLINIUM; ION; PROTON; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; DIALYSATE; DIALYSIS; DIFFUSION; FILTRATION; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; GADOLINIUM DTPA; KIDNEY, ARTIFICIAL; MOTION; PROTONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 1942420715     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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