Magnetic resonance elastography from fundamental soft-tissue mechanics to diagnostic imaging

I Sack - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a versatile imaging technique for map** the
viscoelastic properties of soft biological tissues. It has been widely used to detect liver …

Review of MR elastography applications and recent developments

KJ Glaser, A Manduca… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The technique of MR elastography (MRE) has emerged as a useful modality for
quantitatively imaging the mechanical properties of soft tissues in vivo. Recently, MRE has …

Measurements of mechanical anisotropy in brain tissue and implications for transversely isotropic material models of white matter

Y Feng, RJ Okamoto, R Namani, GM Genin… - Journal of the mechanical …, 2013 - Elsevier
White matter in the brain is structurally anisotropic, consisting largely of bundles of aligned,
myelin-sheathed axonal fibers. White matter is believed to be mechanically anisotropic as …

[LIVRE][B] Magnetic resonance elastography: physical background and medical applications

S Hirsch, J Braun, I Sack - 2017 - books.google.com
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a medical imaging technique that combines
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with mechanical vibrations to generate maps of …

Standard‐space atlas of the viscoelastic properties of the human brain

LV Hiscox, MDJ McGarry, H Schwarb… - Human brain …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Standard anatomical atlases are common in neuroimaging because they facilitate data
analyses and comparisons across subjects and studies. The purpose of this study was to …

Tissue mechanics, an important regulator of development and disease

NME Ayad, S Kaushik… - … Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A growing body of work describes how physical forces in and around cells affect their
growth, proliferation, migration, function and differentiation into specialized types. How cells …

Stiffness and beyond: what MR elastography can tell us about brain structure and function under physiologic and pathologic conditions

Z Yin, AJ Romano, A Manduca, RL Ehman… - Topics in Magnetic …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Brain magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) was developed on the basis of a desire to
“palpate by imaging” and is becoming a powerful tool in the investigation of …

MR elastography of the liver and the spleen using a piezoelectric driver, single‐shot wave‐field acquisition, and multifrequency dual parameter reconstruction

S Hirsch, J Guo, R Reiter, S Papazoglou… - Magnetic resonance …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Viscoelastic properties of the liver are sensitive to fibrosis. This study proposes
several modifications to existing magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) techniques to …

Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) in cancer: Technique, analysis, and applications

KM Pepin, RL Ehman, KP McGee - Progress in nuclear magnetic resonance …, 2015 - Elsevier
Tissue mechanical properties are significantly altered with the development of cancer.
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a noninvasive technique capable of quantifying …

Mathematical models of blast-induced TBI: current status, challenges, and prospects

RK Gupta, A Przekwas - Frontiers in neurology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Blast-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become a signature wound of recent military
activities and is the leading cause of death and long-term disability among US soldiers. The …