Sensitivity of MR diffusion measurements to variations in intracellular structure: Effects of nuclear size

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 828-833

  Xu, Junzhong ^a   Does, Mark D ^a,b   Gore, John C ^a,b,c,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diffusion; Intracellular; M.R.I.; Nuclear size

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION BARRIERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOLECULES; SPIN POLARIZATION; TUMORS;

CANCER; CONVENTIONAL MEASUREMENTS; INTRACELLULAR; INTRACELLULAR STRUCTURES; NUCLEAR SIZES; OSCILLATING-GRADIENT SPIN ECHOS; PULSE GRADIENT SPIN ECHOS; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR SIZE; PARAMETER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 66249098416     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21793     Document Type: Article

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