Magnetic resonance elastography: A general overview of its current and future applications in brain imaging

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-145

  Di Ieva, Antonio ^a,c,d   Grizzi, Fabio ^a   Rognone, Elisa ^a   Tse, Zion Tsz Ho ^b   Parittotokkaporn, Tassanai ^b   Rodriguez Y Baena, Ferdinando ^b   Tschabitscher, Manfred ^c   Matula, Christian ^d   Trattnig, Siegfrid ^d   Rodriguez Y Baena, Riccardo ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Brain tumours; Elasticity; Elastography; Magnetic resonance elastography

Indexed keywords

BONE SCINTISCANNING; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MENINGIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PALPATION;

EID: 77949657464     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-010-0249-6     Document Type: Review

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