title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging-derived Flow Parameters for the Analysis of Cardiovascular Diseases and Drug Development.
abstract: Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) allows for fast, accurate and noninvasive measurement of fluid flow in restricted and non-restricted media. The results of such measurements may be possible for a very small B 0 field and can be enhanced through detailed examination of generating functions that may arise from polynomial solutions of NMR flow equations in terms of Legendre polynomials and Boubaker polynomials. The generating functions of these polynomials can present an array of interesting possibilities that may be useful for understanding the basic physics of extracting relevant NMR flow information from which various hemodynamic problems can be carefully studied. Specifically, these results may be used to develop effective drugs for cardiovascular-related diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 65, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Dada O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Michael
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 65, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Awojoyogbe O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Bamidele
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 65, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Adesola O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Adewale
authors.affiliation: UPDS/ESSTT/63 Rue Sidi Jabeur, 5100 Mahdia, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Boubaker
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karem
keywords: Bloch NMR flow equations; Boubaker polynomials; Legendre polynomials; NMR transverse magnetization; cardiovascular diseases; drug discovery; rotational diffusion coefficient
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