Abstract #1840
Assessment of the aging human skin with a unilateral NMR scanner
Elad Bergman 1 , Yifat Sarda 1 , Noa Ritz 2 , Edmond Sabo 2 , Reuven Bergman 2 , and Uri Nevo 1
1
Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University,
Tel Aviv, Israel, Israel,
2
Departments
of Dermatology and Pathology, Rambam Health Care Campus
and The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion,
Haifa, Israel, Israel
We present a method for evaluation of skin aging and of
sun damage with a unilateral stray-field NMR scanner
operating in low field. In-vivo profiles with relaxation
times of the sun-protected and sun-exposed forearm skins
were measured in 9 female subjects. Biopsies were used
as references. A significant increase in the fraction of
the slow T_2 component, and in the value of the T_(2
)component itself correlated with chronological aging. A
further increase was superimposed in the sun-exposed
forearm. The results suggest that this affordable
hardware, so far not used clinically, can serve as a
tool for skin aging assessment.
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