Editing Magnetic resonance imaging (section)

==Non-medical use==
{{Main|Nuclear magnetic resonance#Applications}}

MRI is used industrially mainly for routine analysis of chemicals. The [[nuclear magnetic resonance]] technique is also used, for example, to measure the ratio between water and fat in foods, monitoring of flow of corrosive fluids in pipes, or to study molecular structures such as catalysts.<ref name="Rinck"/>

Being non-invasive and non-damaging, MRI can be used to study the anatomy of plants, their water transportation processes and water balance.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Van As H | title = Intact plant MRI for the study of cell water relations, membrane permeability, cell-to-cell and long distance water transport | journal = Journal of Experimental Botany | volume = 58 | issue = 4 | pages = 743–56 | date = 2006-11-30 | pmid = 17175554 | doi = 10.1093/jxb/erl157 | publisher = Oxford University Press (OUP) | doi-access = free }}</ref> It is also applied to veterinary radiology for diagnostic purposes. Outside this, its use in zoology is limited due to the high cost; but it can be used on many species.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ziegler A, Kunth M, Mueller S, Bock C, Pohmann R, Schröder L, Faber C, Giribet G | s2cid=43555012 | title=Application of magnetic resonance imaging in zoology | journal=Zoomorphology | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=130 | issue=4 | date=2011-10-13 | issn=0720-213X | doi=10.1007/s00435-011-0138-8 | pages=227–254| hdl=11858/00-001M-0000-0013-B8B0-B | hdl-access=free }}</ref>

In palaeontology it is used to examine the structure of fossils.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Giovannetti G, Guerrini A, Salvadori PA | title = Magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging for the study of fossils | journal = Magnetic Resonance Imaging | volume = 34 | issue = 6 | pages = 730–742 | date = July 2016 | pmid = 26979538 | doi = 10.1016/j.mri.2016.03.010 | publisher = Elsevier BV }}</ref>

[[Forensic science|Forensic]] imaging provides graphic documentation of an [[autopsy]], which manual autopsy does not. CT scanning provides quick whole-body imaging of skeletal and [[parenchyma]]l alterations, whereas MR imaging gives better representation of soft tissue [[pathology]].<ref name="pmid30686369">{{cite journal | vauthors = Filograna L, Pugliese L, Muto M, Tatulli D, Guglielmi G, Thali MJ, Floris R | title = A Practical Guide to Virtual Autopsy: Why, When and How | journal = Seminars in Ultrasound, CT, and MR | volume = 40 | issue = 1 | pages = 56–66 | date = February 2019 | pmid = 30686369 | doi = 10.1053/j.sult.2018.10.011 | s2cid = 59304740 }}</ref> All that being said, MRI is more expensive, and more time-consuming to utilize.<ref name="pmid30686369" /> Moreover, the quality of MR imaging deteriorates below 10&nbsp;°C.<ref name="pmid24191122">{{cite journal | vauthors = Ruder TD, Thali MJ, Hatch GM | title = Essentials of forensic post-mortem MR imaging in adults | journal = The British Journal of Radiology | volume = 87 | issue = 1036 | pages = 20130567 | date = April 2014 | pmid = 24191122 | pmc = 4067017 | doi = 10.1259/bjr.20130567 }}</ref>