CORRELATION OF HUMAN NMR T1 VALUES MEASURED INVIVO AND BRAIN WATER-CONTENT
CORRELATION OF HUMAN NMR T1 VALUES MEASURED INVIVO AND BRAIN WATER-CONTENT
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DOI:
10.1259/0007-1285-59-700-355
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发表时间:
1986-04-01
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
BEST, JJK
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作者:
MACDONALD, HL;BELL, BA;BEST, JJK
A relationship has been demonstrated between nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) longitudinal relaxation times (T1 values) obtained in vivo in both normal and oedematous (peritumoral) brain tissue, and measurements of brain water obtained by gravimetric analysis of operative samples. Significant correlations were found in seven patients in both cortex (r = 0.97, P < 0.001) and white matter (r = 0.92, P < 0.001). These findings suggest that NMR may prove a useful technique for monitoring brain oedema.