In vivo determination of hepatic stiffness using steady-state free precession magnetic resonance elastography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 841-848

  Klatt, Dieter ^a   Asbach, Patrick ^a   Rump, Jens ^a   Papazoglou, Sebastian ^a   Somasundaram, Rajan ^a   Modrow, Jens ^b   Braun, Jürgen ^a   Sack, Ingolf ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Modrow Audio Engineering   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractional MR elastography; Liver; Shear modulus; Steady state free precession; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGIDITY; STEADY STATE; TIME; VIBRATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 33751011047     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000244341.16372.08     Document Type: Article

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