High-resolution MR imaging of mouse brain microvasculature using the relaxation rate shift index Q

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 507-512

  Wu, Ed X ^a,b   Tang, Haiying ^b   Jensen, Jens H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Microvessel density; Mouse brain; MRI; Superparamagnetic iron oxide contrast agent; Transverse relaxation rate

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; IRON OXIDES; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; TISSUE; TUMORS;

GRADIENT ECHO-RELAXATION; INTRAVASCULAR CONTRAST AGENTS; MICROVESSELS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TIME; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 9244252480     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.921     Document Type: Article

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