Quantitative measurements of injections into porous media with contrast based MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-138

  Paulsen, J L ^a   Donaldson, M H ^a   Betancourt, S S ^a   Song, Y Q ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection flow; Paramagnetic tracers; Porous flow imaging

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLOODS; GEOMETRY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PARAMAGNETISM; POROUS MATERIALS;

CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; COMPLEX FLOW SYSTEMS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; INJECTION FLOW; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; POROUS FLOW; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT;

CHARACTERIZATION;

PETROLEUM; SOLVENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OIL AND GAS FIELD; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SOIL; SOLVENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84855403568     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.06.025     Document Type: Article

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