Accelerating MR elastography: A multiecho phase-contrast gradient-echo sequence

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 774-780

  Maderwald, Stefan ^a   Uffmann, Kai ^a   Galbán, Craig J ^a   De Greiff, Armin ^a   Ladd, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

MR elastography; MRI; Multiecho; Muscle MRE; Phase contrast

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGAR; ALGORITHMS; ELASTICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 33646194247     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20570     Document Type: Article

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