Edge detector-based automatic segmentation of the skin layers and application to moisturization in high-resolution 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging.

Introduction: Previous studies have demonstrated the feasibility to explore moisturization with quantification imaging based on T2 mapping. The aim of this study was to describe and validate the first robust automated method to segment the first layers of the skin.

Materials And Methods: Data were picked from a previous study that included 35 healthy subjects who underwent a 3T MRI (multi spin echo calculation T2-weighted sequence) with a microscopic coil on the left heel before and one hour after moisturization.