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Three-dimensional magnetic resonance (MR) images of four kinds of fruit (Japanese apricot, peach, Japanese pear, and apple) were acquired throughout their growing periods (from April to August) to visualize and quantify their vascular structures. The vascular structures were emphasized using T 1-weighted spin-echo or gradient-echo pulse sequences, visualized using a maximum-intensity projection technique, and quantified using an image-segmentation program. As a result, we demonstrated that the vascular volume changed almost in proportion to the whole volume and that larger fruits generally had larger proportionality constants. We therefore concluded that MR microimaging is a powerful tool for studies of the vascular structure of fruit.
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We thank Dr. Sumiko Sugaya for valuable advice on this study and Mr. Daiki Tamada for valuable help with image processing.
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Moriwaki, S., Terada, Y., Kose, K. et al. Visualization and Quantification of Vascular Structure of Fruit Using Magnetic Resonance Microimaging. Appl Magn Reson 45, 517–525 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00723-014-0537-3
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