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Magnetic Resonance Imaging  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • MR Tomography
  • NMR Imaging
  • NMR Tomography
  • Steady-State Free Precession MRI
  • Tomography, MR
  • Tomography, NMR
  • Zeugmatography

In other languages

  • French

  • Imagerie par RMN
  • IRM (Imagerie par Résonance Magnétique)
  • Remnographie
  • Tomographie par résonance magnétique
  • Tomographie par RMN
  • TRM (Tomographie par Résonance Magnétique)
  • Zeugmatographie

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-FTLPPR3X-Z

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