Viability testing of transplantation donor liver by 1H NMR relaxometry

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We present preliminary results of water proton relaxation time measurements on perfused, cold‐stored rat livers as a basis of a simple method for testing the viability of human donor livers in liver transplantation surgery. Proton T1 and T2 data correlated strongly (p < 0.01) with bile flow measurements, indicating that relaxation times reflect organ viability and therefore might be used for rapid testing of donor livers shortly before transplantation. © 1990 Academic Press, Inc.