Magnetic Resonance Elastography

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Venkatesh, Sudhakar K. (Editor), Ehman, Richard L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Gastroenterology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Imaging / Radiology.

This innovative book presents the development and clinical applications of magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), a new MRI-based imaging technology for quantitatively assessing the mechanical properties of tissue.  Many disease processes cause profound changes in mechanical characteristics of tissu...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• History of Elastography
• Liver MRE Technique
• Clinical Applications of Liver MRE – 1 Liver Fibrosis
• Clinical Applications of Liver MRE – 2 Liver Masses
• Impact of MRE on Liver Diseases
• MRE for Other Applications in the Abdomen
• MRE of Muscle
• MRE of Brain
• MRE of Lung and Heart
• MRE of Breast.