High-resolution mechanical imaging of the human brain by three-dimensional multifrequency magnetic resonance elastography at 7T

NeuroImage

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 308-314

  Braun, Jürgen ^a   Guo, Jing ^a   Lützkendorf, Ralf ^b   Stadler, Jörg ^b   Papazoglou, Sebastian ^a   Hirsch, Sebastian ^a   Sack, Ingolf ^a   Bernarding, Johannes ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tissue; Elastography; High resolution; Multifrequency MRE; Ultrahigh magnetic field MRI; Viscoelastic parameters

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TISSUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION; MULTIFREQUENCY MRE; ULTRAHIGH MAGNETIC FIELD MRI; VISCOELASTIC PARAMETERS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84893560870     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.12.032     Document Type: Article

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