title: Correlation between oxygen tension and spin-lattice relaxation rate in tumors.
abstract: The role of oxygen in influencing the spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation mechanism in liquids has been known for decades. However, no concerted effort has been made to find a correlation between relaxation rates and oxygen dissolved in cell water. A procedure has been developed that allows both in vitro and in vivo measurement of oxygen tension in tumors and helps to calculate spin-lattice relaxation rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, North Worcester.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Akber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000502:physiology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen