- 著者
- Kimura Takeshi Geya Yuto Terada Yasuhiko Kose Katsumi Haishi Tomoyuki Gemma Hiroshi Sekozawa Yoshihiko
- 出版者
- American Institute of Physics
- 雑誌
- Review of scientific instruments (ISSN:00346748)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.82, no.5, pp.053704, 2011-05
- 被引用文献数
- 48 12
By combining a 0.3 T permanent magnet with flexible rotation and translation mechanism, a probe with a local electromagnetic shielding, several electrical units, a mobile lift, and an electric wagon, a mobile magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system was developed for outdoor tree measurements. 2D cross-sectional images of normal and diseased branches of a pear tree were acquired for measurements of T1, T2, proton density, and apparent diffusion constant (ADC). The ADC map clearly differentiated diseased from normal branches. A whole-day measurement of the ADC map demonstrated that microscopic water flow in the normal branch changed proportionally with solar radiation. Therefore, we have concluded that our mobile MRI system is a powerful tool for studies of plants in outdoor environments.