Review of MR elastography applications and recent developments

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 757-774

  Ehman, Richard L ^a   Glaser, Kevin J ^a   Manduca, Armando ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal imaging; elasticity imaging; elastography; mechanical properties; neuroimaging; tissue stiffness

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; X RAY;

ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84866380032     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23597     Document Type: Review

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