MR elastography of the human heart: Noninvasive assessment of myocardial elasticity changes by shear wave amplitude variations

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 668-677

  Sack, Ingolf ^a   Rump, Jens ^a   Elgeti, Thomas ^a   Samani, Abbas ^b   Braun, Jürgen ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac MR elastography; Heart mechanics; Myocardium; Shear modulus; Shear waves

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; SHEAR WAVES;

CARDIAC MR; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIUM; NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENTS; SHEAR OSCILLATIONS; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT;

SHEAR FLOW;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CYCLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; RIGIDITY; SYSTOLE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 62649114456     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21878     Document Type: Article

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