Robust spatially resolved pressure measurements using MRI with novel buoyant advection-free preparations of stable microbubbles in polysaccharide gels

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-167

  Morris, Robert H ^a   Bencsik, Martin ^a   Nestle, Nikolaus ^b   Galvosas, Petrik ^c   Fairhurst, David ^a   Vangala, Anil ^d   Perrie, Yvonne ^e   McHale, Glen ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Diffusion; Gas filled lipid coated microbubbles; MRI; Polysaccharide; Pressure; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; BUOYANCY; COLLOIDS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; GELATION; GELS; GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYSACCHARIDES; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; EFFECTIVE TOOL; ELSEVIER (CO); FLUID PRESSURES; GAS MICROBUBBLES; MICRO-BUBBLES; PHOSPHOCHOLINE; SIGNAL CHANGES; SMALL CONCENTRATION; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

PRESSURE;

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; GEL; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

GELS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANOMETRY; MICROBUBBLES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47749137368     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2008.04.025     Document Type: Article

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