Short echo time MRI enables visualisation of the natural state of human stratum corneum water in vivo

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 357-360

  Ablett, Stephen ^a   Burdett, Newman G ^b   Carpenter, T Adrian ^b   Hall, Laurence D ^b   Salter, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Skin hydration; Skin imaging; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRY SKIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; IMAGE QUALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 0030012933     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0730-725X(95)02105-3     Document Type: Article

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