Actuation systems for MR elastography

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 28-34

  Uffmann, Kai ^b   Ladd, Mark E ^a  

^a ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BREAST; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PROSTATE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 44349124620     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/EMB.2007.910268     Document Type: Conference Paper

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