1H MRS phantom studies of BNCT 10B-carrier, BPA-F using STEAM and PRESS MRS sequences: Detection limit and quantification

Spectroscopy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-142

  Timonen, M ^a   Kangasmaki A ^a   Savolainen, S ^a   Heikkinen, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRONS;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (BNCT); PHANTOMS; REPETITION TIMES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE; BORON 10; FRUCTOSE;

ACCURACY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DETERMINATION; EVALUATION; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TIME;

EID: 2442707670     PISSN: 07124813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/348028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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