Uptake and distribution of gadolinium in the ocular lens

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 843-846

  Vaghefi, Ehsan ^a   Jacobs, Marc D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROCIRCULATION; TRANSPARENCY;

CELL VOLUME REGULATION; FIBER CELLS; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; HIGH FIELD STRENGTHS; LENS OPACITY; LENS TISSUE; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; OCULAR LENS;

METABOLISM;

EID: 61849120116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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