Abstract
Sodium-23 magnetic resonance was performed on four types of cancers and six types of normal tissues of rats and mice. The spin-lattice relaxation time of the tumors was generally longer than that of the normal tissues, with the most marked difference occurring between rat liver (T1 = 6.5 msec) and Novikoff hepatoma (T1 =23.7 msec). Estimation of tissue sodium from the signal intensity of the resonance indicated that all four types of tumors contained more sodium than any of the normal tissues.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 263-269 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Physiological chemistry and physics |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1975 |