Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
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569-06-004 ISMRM Abstract

Elementary Steps of Magnetization Transfer at the Lipid-Water Interface as Observed by High-Resolution MAS NMR

Primary: Contrast Mechanisms - Magnetization Transfer
Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Spectroscopy
569-06-004 · Magnetization Transfer and Relaxometry · Wednesday, 13 May, 4:55 PM–5:50 PM · Digital Posters Row J
Keywords: Quantitative Magnetization Transfer Relaxation rates Lipid model membranes Cholesterol Magic Angle Spinning
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Andre Pampel 1, Holger A Scheidt2, Daniel Huster3, Harald E Möller1,4
1NMR Methods & Development Group, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
2Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, Leipzig Universtiy, Leipzig, Germany
3Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
4Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Presenting Author: Andre Pampel

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