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Newer emerging methods involving the hyperpolarization of water will change the imaging
further and make it less demanding in time and increase the signal-to-noise component
considerably by at least one and probably more orders of magnitude.

Windt et al. [26,27] originally at Wageningen University Center for MRI showed an
example of flow imaging in plants in Figures 4.12 and 4.13 .

MRI microscopy can also be used to show different phases such as water, oil, and essential
components [28,29] .

Acknowledgments

Grateful thanks to:

Brendan Allman for providing the phase images ( Figures 4.3 and 4.7 ), Melbourne University.
John Girkin for adaptive optics ( Figure 4.9 ), Durham University.
Gabriel Popescu for interference image by SLIM ( Figures 4.1 and 4.11 ), University of Illionis.
Henk Van As for providing MRI images ( Figures 4.12 and 4.13 ), University of Wageningen.
Rabia Ghaffar for acquiring phase contrast, DIC, and bright-field images ( Figures 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, and 4.6 )
and in compiling the article, University of Vienna.
Chow Yii Pui for assistance in the final compilation of this topic chapter and the images ( Figures 4.5, 4.8,
and 4.10 ), University of Adelaide.

With sincere regrets we inform that Prof. Vassilious Sarafis has passed away just before his chapter was
finalized for publication. On the behalf of the editors we express our condolences to his family and dedicate
his chapter to a memory of an extraordinary and multidisciplinary scientist, a colorful and unique person and
a dear colleague.

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