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Abstract
Gd-DTPA T(1) relaxivity of water protons was measured at 1.5 T and room temperature as a function of macromolecular content in model systems. Gd-DTPA relaxivity was found to increase with macromolecular concentration. The results of this study indicate that the Gd-DTPA relaxivity in tissue extracellular compartment could be as much as 30-70% higher than that of Gd-DTPA in saline. Quantitative MR analyses that use T(1) as an estimation of local Gd-DTPA concentration require a priori determination of the Gd relaxivity in tissue.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11064398 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2594(200011)44:5<665::aid-mrm1>3.0.co;2-m
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Magn Reson Med ISSN: 0740-3194 Impact factor: 4.668