Quantitative theory for the longitudinal relaxation time of blood water

Abstract

The model provides physical and physiological parameters describing the effects of hematocrit fraction, oxygenation, hemoglobin concentration, methemoglobin fraction, and albumin concentration on blood water T1 . It can be used to predict blood T1 at multiple fields. Magn Reson Med 76:270-281, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.