Noninvasive 1H and 23Na nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of ancient Egyptian human mummified tissue

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1341-1345

  Münnemann, Kerstin ^a   Böni, Thomas ^b   Colacicco, Giovanni ^c   Blümich, Bernhard ^a   Rühli, Frank ^b,c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

1H NMR imaging; 23Na NMR imaging; Computer tomography; Mummy

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; PYROPHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EGYPT; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REHYDRATION; SODIUM 23 NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOFT TISSUE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EGYPT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUMMIES; SODIUM;

EID: 35448969826     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2007.03.023     Document Type: Article

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