Low-gradient single-sided NMR sensor for one-shot profiling of human skin

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 215, Issue , 2011, Pages 74-84

  Landeghem, Maxime Van ^a,b,c   Danieli, Ernesto ^a   Perlo, Juan ^a   Blümich, Bernhard ^a   Casanova, Federico ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Depth profiling; Magnet design; Mobile probes; Permanent magnets; Single sided NMR; Skin profiling

Indexed keywords

CPMG SEQUENCE; DEPTH RANGE; DEPTH RESOLUTION; DIFFUSION ATTENUATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; GRADIENT STRENGTH; HIGH GRADIENT; HUMAN SKIN; HUMAN SKIN IN VIVO; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; MAGNET DESIGN; MOBILE PROBES; SCANNING RANGE; SENSITIVE VOLUME; SIGNAL DECAY; SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION; SINGLE EXCITATION; SINGLE-SIDED NMR; SKIN LAYER; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; U-SHAPED MAGNET; WATER DIFFUSIVITY;

DEPTH PROFILING; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

SENSORS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DERMIS; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPIDERMIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPEDANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNET; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; DERMIS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EPIDERMIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SKIN; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84857064603     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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