Convertible pneumatic actuator for magnetic resonance elastography of the brain

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-152

  Latta, Peter ^a,b   Gruwel, Marco L H ^a   Debergue, Patricia ^a   Matwiy, Brendon ^a   Sboto Frankenstein, Uta N ^a   Tomanek, Boguslaw ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT SCIENCE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Brain; MR elastography; Pneumatic actuator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND WAVE; WAVEFORM;

AIR; BRAIN; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 78649962096     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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