Magnetic resonance elastography in the liver at 3 Tesla using a second harmonic approach

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 284-291

  Herzka, Daniel A ^a,b,f   Kotys, M S ^a,c   Sinkus, R ^d   Pettigrew, R I ^e   Gharib, A M ^e  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastography; Liver fibrosis; Liver stiffness; Magnetic resonance elastography

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CODING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETISM; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STIFFNESS;

ELASTOGRAPHY; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; RADIO FREQUENCY PULSE; SECOND HARMONICS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; VISCOSITY; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MALE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 67749095104     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21956     Document Type: Article

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