Paramagnetic metal scavenging by melanin: MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 417-423

  Enochs, W Scott ^a   Petherick, Paul ^a   Bogdanova, Anna ^a   Mohr, Ursula ^a   Weissleder, Ralph ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance (MR), experimental; Melanoma; Skin, neoplasms

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; METAL BINDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0030852843     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.204.2.9240529     Document Type: Article

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