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 …

Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) of the human brain: technique, findings and clinical applications

LV Hiscox, CL Johnson, E Barnhill… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Neurological disorders are one of the most important public health concerns in developed
countries. Established brain imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

Pore characterization and its impact on methane adsorption capacity for organic-rich marine shales

Y Wang, Y Zhu, S Liu, R Zhang - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Shale matrix pore structure controls the gas storage mechanism and gas transport
behaviors. We employed various techniques to characterize the complex pore structures of …

MR elastography of the brain and its application in neurological diseases

MC Murphy, J Huston III, RL Ehman - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is an imaging technique for noninvasively and
quantitatively assessing tissue stiffness, akin to palpation. MRE is further able assess the …

[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 …

Local mechanical properties of white matter structures in the human brain

CL Johnson, MDJ McGarry, AA Gharibans, JB Weaver… - Neuroimage, 2013 - Elsevier
The noninvasive measurement of the mechanical properties of brain tissue using magnetic
resonance elastography (MRE) has emerged as a promising method for investigating …

Structure-sensitive elastography: on the viscoelastic powerlaw behavior of in vivo human tissue in health and disease

I Sack, K Jöhrens, J Würfel, J Braun - Soft matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Elastography combines medical imaging with soft tissue mechanics and is used for the
diagnosis of diseases associated with an altered stiffness of affected tissue. Beyond …

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 …

Towards an elastographic atlas of brain anatomy

J Guo, S Hirsch, A Fehlner, S Papazoglou, M Scheel… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Cerebral viscoelastic constants can be measured in a noninvasive, image-based way by
magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) for the detection of neurological disorders …