.sup.23 NA and .sup.39 K imaging of the heart
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1. A process of increasing the efficiency of 23 Na magnetic resonance imaging of biological tissue, the process including the step of acquiring 23 Na images using magnetic resonance imaging with a receiver bandwith equal to R(Nro /T*2Na) where R is an integer from 1 to about 5 and Nro is the number of readout samples.
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Methods for increasing the efficiency of 23 Na and 39 K imaging of biological tissue are provided. For maximum efficiency, the receiver bandwidth is set equal to or less than the quantity Nro /T*2. Methods for assessing cardiac tissue viability using 23 Na imaging are also provided.
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- 1. A process of increasing the efficiency of 23 Na magnetic resonance imaging of biological tissue, the process including the step of acquiring 23 Na images using magnetic resonance imaging with a receiver bandwith equal to R(Nro /T*2Na) where R is an integer from 1 to about 5 and Nro is the number of readout samples.
- 16. A process of increasing the efficiency of 39 K magnetic resonance imaging of biological tissue, the process including the step of acquiring 39 K images using magnetic resonance imaging with a receiver bandwith equal or less than R(Nro /T*2K) where R is an integer from 1 to about 5 and Nro is the number of readout samples.
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