Magnetic resonance elastography with twin drivers for high homogeneity and sensitivity

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1916-1919

  Zheng, Y ^a   Chan, Q C C ^a   Yang, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

MR elastography; Multiple drivers; Shear wave; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; SHEAR WAVES; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; TUMORS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ELASTOGRAM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY (MRE); MULTIPLE DRIVERS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84926232087     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259790     Document Type: Conference Paper

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