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It is well known that spatially restricted incoherent (diffusive) motion of molecules inside macroscopically ordered samples can give resolution in the sub-micrometer regime, which is much smaller than the spatial resolution of any magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) experiment. However these two sources of spatial information can be combined in experiments, which are denoted as diffusion-weighted MRI.
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ACOSTA, R., BLÜMLER, P., SPIESS, H. (2006). SENSITIVITY AND RESOLUTION IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF DIFFUSIVE MATERIALS. In: Conner, W.C., Fraissard, J. (eds) Fluid Transport in Nanoporous Materials. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics Physics and Chemistry, vol 219. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4382-1_11
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