Magnetic resonance elastography

Current Medical Imaging Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-55

  Litwiller, Daniel V ^a   Mariappan, Yogesh K ^a   Ehman, Richard L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Elastography; Mechanical properties; Shear stiffness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BREAST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EXCITATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SHEAR FLOW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 80055120409     PISSN: 15734056     EISSN: 18756506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340512799220562     Document Type: Article

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