SPROM - an efficient program for NMR/MRI simulations of inter- and intra-molecular multiple quantum coherences

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-126

  Cai, Congbo ^a   Lin, Meijin ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a,b   Chen, Xi ^a   Cai, Shuhui ^a   Zhong, Jianhui ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inter and intra molecular multiple quantum coherences; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Product operator matrix; Simulation software

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849083682     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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