Blood is a physiological substance with multiple water compartments, which contain water-
binding proteins such as hemoglobin in erythrocytes and albumin in plasma. Knowing the …

An integrative model is proposed to describe the dependence of the transverse relaxation
rate of blood water protons (R2blood= 1/T2blood) on hematocrit fraction and oxygenation …

Purpose To propose and evaluate a model for the blood water T1 that takes into account the
effects of hematocrit fraction, oxygenation fraction, erythrocyte hemoglobin concentration …

Purpose Accurate characterization of contrast reagent (CR) longitudinal relaxivity in whole
blood is required to predict arterial signal intensity in contrast‐enhanced MR angiography …

Abstract Knowledge of the transverse relaxation rates R2 and R of blood is relevant for
quantitative assessment of functional MRI (fMRI) results, including calibration of blood …

Human whole‐blood relaxometry experiments were performed to allow the prediction of
blood signal changes with blood oxygen saturation (Y) and refocusing interval (τ180). Such …

Water exchange between human red blood cells and the plasma phase was measured by
water proton nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation in the presence of low concentrations …

This invited personal story, covering the period from 1979 to 2010, describes the discovery
of the dependence of the transverse relaxation time of water in blood on the oxygenation …

A simple, precise, and rapid pulse nuclear magnetic resonance technique for measuring the
rate of water exchange across the erythrocyte membrane is presented. The technique is …

T1 and T2 were measured in unclotted blood samples with 0.24‐and 4.7‐T spectrometers.
The fraction by weight of intracellular water in the red blood cells (RBCs) was varied by …