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Table 1 MRI properties of Gd-DTPA and collagen I gel.

From: Using magnetic resonance microscopy to study the growth dynamics of a glioma spheroid in collagen I: A case study

 

Gd-DTPA

Collagen I Gel without 10 mM Gd

Collagen I Gel with 10 mM Gd

r1 (1 mM -1 sec -1 )

3.88 ± 0.12

  

R 1 (sec -1 )

 

0.33

42.32

SNR

 

16

42

  1. Measured longitudinal relaxivity of Gd-DTPA at 14 T, corresponding R1 changes of collagen I gel after adding 10 mM Gd-DTPA, and the resulting SNR improvement.