Random-walk technique for simulating NMR measurements and 2D NMR maps of porous media with relaxing and permeable boundaries

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-96

  Toumelin, Emmanuel ^a   Torres Verdín, Carlos ^a   Sun, Boqin ^b   Dunn, Keh Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

2D NMR; Fluid typing; NMR relaxation; Porous media; Random walks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FLUID TYPING; PERMEABLE BOUNDARIES; PULSE SEQUENCESS; RANDOM WALKS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POROSITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POROSITY;

EID: 34548441613     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2007.05.024     Document Type: Article

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