title: Magnetic resonance imaging of rodent teeth.
abstract: In this paper, the anatomical structures of rat jaws are studied using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with high spatial resolution. In vivo microimages of teeth from 3- and 12-week-old (young and adult) rats have been performed. A 2 T nuclear magnetic resonance microscope was used to collect, with multiple orientations, non-invasive 2D data images using the spin-echo technique. MRI appears well suited to give images of the oral area and may represent a useful tool for diagnosis of dental diseases and more particularly of pulp pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire UPRESA 5012, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I-ESCPE, Villeurbanne, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Beuf
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Seurin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Briguet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lissac
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000473:pathology; D007568:Jaw / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008406:Masseter Muscle / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014059:Tongue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014070:Tooth / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium