Quantification of aortic stiffness using MR elastography and its comparison to MRI-based pulse wave velocity

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-51

  Damughatla, Anirudh R ^a   Raterman, Brian ^b   Sharkey Toppen, Travis ^b   Jin, Ning ^c   Simonetti, Orlando P ^a,b   White, Richard D ^a,b   Kolipaka, Arunark ^a,b  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic MRE; Aortic stiffness; Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE); PWV

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PULSE WAVE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919388941     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24506     Document Type: Article

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