Consistency of signal intensity and T2* in frozen ex vivo heart muscle, kidney, and liver tissue

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 719-724

  Kaye, Elena A ^a,b   Josan, Sonal ^b   Lu, Aiming ^c   Rosenberg, Jarrett ^b   Daniel, Bruce L ^b   Pauly, Kim Butts ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryoablation; Frozen tissue; Hydration water; T2*

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIGNAL PROCESSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 77649208331     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22029     Document Type: Article

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