MAGNETIC RESONANCE PROTON RELAXATION OF THE HUMAN FINGER
Magnetic resonance proton relaxation of the human finger is researched in this study with the help of a NMR-relaxometer worked out specially for this purpose. There is established correlation of spin-lattice relaxation time with the concentration of glucose in blood. There are given experimental data of measurements of changes in <i>T</i>1 and glucose concentration in the blood of patients over the twenty four hours respectively. There is proposed a model explaining the results of measurements, the basis being a mechanism of oxygen concentration decrease in the tissue during glucose oxidation.