A type of data-acquisition sequence in magnetic resonance imaging has been developed that rapidly and robustly quantifies properties of imaged tissue by elucidating a characteristic signal fingerprint. See Article p.187
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Welch, E. Sleuthing tissue fingerprints. Nature 495, 184–185 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/495184a
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