Roles for magnetic resonance imaging in process tomography

This brief article based solely on work from the author's own studies provides a strategic overview of the potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for gaining insight to facets of process engineering which involve fluids. Briefly, MRI is a noninvasive method for quantitating in three dimensions the mass transport of proton-containing fluids within vessels that are optically opaque but transparent to radiowaves and magnetic fields; it can also be used to map many chemical processes (pH, REDOX) and the temperature of aqueous systems. As a result it has huge potential for biotechnology and medical engineering.