A theoretical approach to local attenuation measurements of shear waves by MRE. Preliminary experimental results

• Authors: Tomasz Klinkosz , Czesław Lewa , Guillaume Madelin , Eric Thiaudiere
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

An essential highlight of the presented method is the employment of Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) for local measurements of the attenuation of elastic shear waves introduced into a biological sample. Such a measurement can be accomplished by combining the MRE method with those methods, in which collective displacement of spins is induced by external physical factors, such as variable electric field, strong magnetic field gradient or longitudinal elastic wave. A theoretical basis of the method involving external factors and results of preliminary experiments have been presented in this paper.

Keywords

EN

elastography; MRI; MRE; shear waves; MR spectroscopy; 76.60-k; 76.90+d; 87.64.Hd

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 420-432

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2005

online

1 - 9 - 2005

Contributors

author

Tomasz Klinkosz

• Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 57, Poland

author

Czesław Lewa

• Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 57, Poland

author

Guillaume Madelin

• Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux 2, 146 rue Léo Saignat, case 93, 33076, Bordeaux cedex, France

author

Eric Thiaudiere

• Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux 2, 146 rue Léo Saignat, case 93, 33076, Bordeaux cedex, France

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/BF02475648