MR elastography of the liver: Preliminary results

Radiology

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 440-448

  Rouvière, Olivier ^a   Yin, Meng ^a   Dresner, M Alex ^a   Rossman, Phillip J ^a   Burgart, Lawrence J ^a   Fidler, Jeff L ^a   Ehman, Richard L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; APPARATUS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GEL; GENERATOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RIB; RIGIDITY; SHEAR STRESS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33746220381     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2402050606     Document Type: Review

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