title: Preliminary analysis of elasmobranch tissue using magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: High resolution NMR images of sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) tissue from both horizontal and sagittal orientations are presented. Structures normally radiographically undetectable are visualised here with NMR. Proton density, spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation time maps as well as various relaxation weighted images show selective enhancement of different tissue types. Quantitative analysis of major anatomical features in the shark head is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London, UK.
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Waller
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cookson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaldoudi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D012754:Sharks / Q000033:anatomy & histology*