title: An association between spin-lattice relaxation time and organ weight in humans.
abstract: It is observed that, in humans, the lighter the weight of the organ, the higher the spin-lattice relaxation time. Similarly, smaller animals tend to have a higher oxygen consumption rate per unit of body weight than larger animals. The allometric function relationship between oxygen consumption rate against body weight of different species is similar in shape to those of the spin-lattice relaxation times in 21 normal human organs against organ weight.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Marshfield Clinic, WI 544449, USA.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Akber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001824:Body Constitution; D001834:Body Water; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals; D008954:Models, Biological; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D013045:Species Specificity