Radio frequency continuous-wave and time-domain EPR imaging and Overhauser-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of small animals: Instrumental developments and comparison of relative merits for functional imaging

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 263-294

  Subramanian, Sankaran ^a   Matsumoto, Ken Ichiro ^a   Mitchell, James B ^a   Krishna, Murali C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

EPRI; Functional imaging; In vivo oxymetry; MRI; OMRI; Single point imaging; Spectral spatial imaging; Tissue redox status; Tumor hypoxia

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; REDOX REACTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TISSUE;

EPR IMAGING; HYPOXIA; SPECTRAL SPATIAL IMAGING; TIME DOMAIN MODES;

PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYPOXIA; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL RESPIRATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; RADIO WAVES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4544236089     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.897     Document Type: Review

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