Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 400-407 , April 2010

Initial in vivo rodent sodium and proton MR imaging at 21.1 T

  • Victor D. Schepkin

      Affiliations

    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310-4005, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Interdisciplinary Magnetic Resonance, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA. Tel.: +1 850 645 7357; fax: +1 850 644 1366.
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  • William W. Brey

      Affiliations

    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310-4005, USA
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  • Peter L. Gor'kov

      Affiliations

    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310-4005, USA
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  • Samuel C. Grant

      Affiliations

    • National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310-4005, USA
    • Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310-4005, USA

Received 22 June 2009 ,Revised 14 September 2009 ,Accepted 12 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.10.002

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 400-407 , April 2010

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