Stiffness imaging of the kidney and adjacent abdominal tissues measured simultaneously using magnetic resonance elastography

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 284-287

  Bensamoun, Sabine F ^a   Robert, Ludovic ^b   Leclerc, Gwladys E ^a   Debernard, Laëtitia ^a   Charleux, Fabrice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b Medical Radiology   (France)

Author keywords

Kidney; MRE technique; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

IMAGING PROTOCOL; KIDNEY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MRE TECHNIQUE; NONINVASIVE METHODS;

HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE;

STIFFNESS;

ABDOMEN; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY STIFFNESS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RIGIDITY; SPLEEN;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; PSOAS MUSCLES; SPLEEN;

EID: 79959828767     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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