Effects of concentration and vendor specific composition of formalin on postmortem MRI of the human brain.

Christoph BirklMartin SoellradlAnna Maria ToeglhoferStefanie KrassnigMarlene LeoniLukas PirpamerThomas VorauerHeinz KrennJohannes HaybaeckFranz FazekasStefan RopeleChristian Langkammer

Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2017)

Our study demonstrates that differences of the formalin composition have substantial effects on MRI signal characteristics after fixation, which can explain the divergence of reported relaxation times beyond the effect of differences in formalin concentration. Magn Reson Med 79:1111-1115, 2018. © 2017 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance
magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted imaging
computed tomography
minimally invasive