[Application of a new MR microscope using an independent console system (MRMICS) for biological tissues in vitro]

Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi. 1999 Feb;59(3):82-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We studied microscopic MR images of the normal appendix in vitro using a new MR microscope system: MR Microscope using an Independent Console System (MRMICS). The MRMICS was placed in the clinical MR room, and the probe box was fixed on the bed of the 1.5 T clinical MR machine. T1-, T2-, and proton density-weighted images were obtained using spin echo sequences with an in-plane pixel size of 100 x 100 microns. Zonal structures of the appendix were clearly demonstrated with different contrast by different sequences. Therefore, the MRMICS is a useful add-on system for investigating microscopic MR images of biological tissues in vitro.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Appendix / pathology
  • Esophagus / pathology
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / instrumentation*
  • Microscopy / instrumentation*