Advances in MR imaging of the skin

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 723-730

  Bittoun, Jacques ^a   Querleux, Bernard ^b   Darrasse, Luc ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical shift imaging; Diffusion imaging; High resolution MR imaging; Magnetization transfer; Skin imaging; Superconductive coils

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKIN; SPECTROSCOPY; VISUALIZATION;

DIFFUSION IMAGING; HIGH RESOLUTION MRI; SKIN IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

COPPER; FAT; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; FAT CONTENT; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33751356547     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1101     Document Type: Article

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