Shear Stiffness Estimation Using Intravoxel Phase Dispersion in Magnetic Resonance Elastography

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1256-1265

  Glaser, Kevin J ^a   Felmlee, Joel P ^a   Manduca, Armando ^a   Ehman, Richard L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Intravoxel phase dispersion; Magnetic resonance elastography; Shear stiffness; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); ELASTICITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; STIFFNESS;

INTENSITY VARIATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; PHANTOM EXPERIMENT; PHASE DISPERSION; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; SHEAR STIFFNESS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISPERSION; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0345600039     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10641     Document Type: Article

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