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Even the earliest applications of NMR spectroscopy and tomography to biochemical and medical inquiries proved the importance and versatility of this new diagnostic technique. Potential applications range from the detection of enzyme-deficiency diseases by the assay of phosphorus metabolites to the diagnosis of neoplasms from NMR tomograms. It would be premature to make a definitive comparison between NMR and other, established modalities, because the routine clinical use of whole-body NMR systems on a broad basis has been possible for only a short time. Also, it is difficult to appreciate the full potential of NMR at the present time, because the correlation between pertinent tissue properties and the operating parameters of the NMR system has not yet been fully elucidated. Already, however, the basic advantages and disadvantages of the NMR technique are becoming apparent.
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Roth, K. (1984). Outlook. In: NMR-Tomography and -Spectroscopy in Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69741-8_5
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