The characterisation of mammalian tissue with 2D relaxation methods.
The potential of two-dimensional (2D) relaxometry for characterising mammalian tissue is explored on samples of liver, kidney (cortex, medulla and ureter) as well as cartilage. Significant differences are found between the T(1)-T(2) spectra of healthy and diseased human cartilage which suggests that 2D relaxometry could have potential use in clinical diagnosis. The effect of reducing the recovery delay on the T(1)-T(2) spectrum is explored to try to identify the optimum balance between speed and accuracy.
Warner
Joshua
J
Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, UK.
Donell
Simon
S
Wright
Kevin
K
Venturi
Luca
L
Hills
Brian
B
D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D002417:Cattle; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*
D001704:Biopolymers