Internal magnetic field gradients in heterogeneous porous systems: comparison between spin-echo and diffusion decay internal field (DDIF) method

Di Pietro, Giulia, Palombo, Marco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4892-7967 and Capuani, Silvia 2014. Internal magnetic field gradients in heterogeneous porous systems: comparison between spin-echo and diffusion decay internal field (DDIF) method. Applied Magnetic Resonance 45 (8) , pp. 771-784. 10.1007/s00723-014-0556-0

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Abstract

Two techniques used for evaluating internal magnetic field gradient (G i), spin-echo (SE) and diffusion decay internal field (DDIF), were investigated at 9.4 T and compared in porous systems characterized by different pores size ranging from 4 to 96 μm with magnetic susceptibility difference between solid and liquid phase, Δχ ≈ 1.6 ppm. Since diffusion of a fluid in a solid porous matrix plays a role in both SE and DDIF methods, we investigated these two different methods by highlighting their dependence on characteristic parameters and length scales used to describe diffusion behavior of fluids in porous systems. Therefore, G i behavior as a function of the dephasing length (l g), diffusion length (l d) and pores size (l s) was obtained. Moreover G i was evaluated by using both free diffusion and measured apparent diffusion coefficient of water, to quantify diffusion effect in different porous samples. This study gives more insight into the physical dynamics process to explain contrast mechanisms recently exploited by DDIF and SE applications for cancellous bone quality measurements.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0937-9347
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2022 10:43
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/147901

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