Abstract
Appendicitis was induced in six New Zealand white rabbits. The appendices from these animals had significantly higher spin-lattice relaxation times, T1, as determined in vitro by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) (10 controls vs 6 experimentals, 413 ± 23 vs 455 ± 41, X ± SD, P < (0.02). T1 correlated significantly with the water content of the appendiceal tissue (P < 0.001). These findings suggest that in vivo NMR imaging techniques weighted on T1 might be able to identify human appendicitis noninvasively by detecting localized edema.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 16-24 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Surgical Research |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1985 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery