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Table 1 MIRB phantom cells, unlabelled cells and MIRB-labelled cells relaxometry results. Reported errors are the fit’s standard deviations

From: In vitro labelling and detection of mesenchymal stromal cells: a comparison between magnetic resonance imaging of iron-labelled cells and magnetic resonance spectroscopy of fluorine-labelled cells

Cell number

T1 relaxation time (ms)

T2 relaxation time (ms)

T2* relaxation time (ms)

0.125 E6

2128 ± 181

65.6 ± 0.8

 

0.25 E6

1493 ± 111

50.5 ± 0.5

 

0.5 E6

2000 ± 280

41.9 ± 0.4

 

1 E6

2500 ± 44

74.6 ± 0.5

 

Unlabelled cells

2041 ± 12

132 ± 0.4

4.6 ± 0.1

MIRB phantom

559 ± 5

13.4 ± 0.8

3.6 ± 0.5