Evidence of red cell alignment in the magnetic field of an NMR spectrometer based on the diffusion tensor of water |
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Authors: | Kuchel P W Durrant C J Chapman B E Jarrett P S Regan D G |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Abstract: | The alignment of human erythrocytes in aqueous suspensions in the magnetic field B(0) (called the z-direction) of an NMR spectrometer was shown by calculating the diffusion tensor for water in the sample. The diffusion was measured using a pulsed-field-gradient spin-echo NMR method. The extent of diffusion anisotropy for water was exemplified by the values of the apparent diffusion coefficients with erythrocytes of normal shape and volume: for a typical experiment the values for the x-, y-, and z-directions were (6.88 +/- 0.17) x 10(-10), (7.07 +/- 0.17) x 10(-10), and (10.20 +/- 0.17) x 10(-10) m(2) s(-1), respectively. Cells in hypo- and hyperosmotic media were also studied and they too showed the anisotropy of the apparent diffusion coefficients but the extents were different. A new method of data analysis was developed using the Standard Add-On Packages in a Mathematica program. The experimental findings support evidence of erythrocyte alignment that was previously obtained with a high-field-gradient q-space method. |
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Keywords: | cell alignment PGSE NMR water diffusion multivariate analysis erythrocytes magnetic field effect on cells |
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