In vivo MR microscopy of the human skin

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-191

  Song, Hee Kwon ^a   Wehrli, Felix W ^a,b   Ma, Jingfei ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; NMR microscopy; skin

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKIN;

HAIR FOLLICLES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAYERED STRUCTURES; NMR MICROSCOPY; PULSE SEQUENCE; TIME CONSTANTS; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION TIME;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; DERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0007487099     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910370207     Document Type: Article

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