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 mapping the
viscoelastic properties of soft biological tissues. It has been widely used to detect liver …

[HTML][HTML] Application of magnetic resonance imaging in liver biomechanics: a systematic review

SM Seyedpour, M Nabati, L Lambers, S Nafisi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
MRI-based biomechanical studies can provide a deep understanding of the mechanisms
governing liver function, its mechanical performance but also liver diseases. In addition …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of kidney perfusion on renal stiffness and tissue fluidity measured with tomoelastography in an MRI-compatible ex vivo model

J Castelein, C Pamplona… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Stiffness plays a vital role in diagnosing renal fibrosis. However, perfusion influences renal
stiffness in various chronic kidney diseases. Therefore, we aimed to characterize the effect of …

Distinguishing pancreatic cancer and autoimmune pancreatitis with in vivo tomoelastography

L Zhu, J Guo, Z Jin, H Xue, M Dai, W Zhang, Z Sun… - European …, 2021 - Springer
Objectives To prospectively investigate the stiffness and fluidity of pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) with tomoelastography, and to …

In vivo quantification of water diffusion, stiffness, and tissue fluidity in benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer

P Asbach, SR Ro, N Aldoj, J Snellings… - Investigative …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Water diffusion, tissue stiffness, and viscosity characterize the biophysical
behavior of tumors. However, little is known about how these parameters correlate in …

Reduction of breathing artifacts in multifrequency magnetic resonance elastography of the abdomen

M Shahryari, T Meyer, C Warmuth… - Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose With abdominal magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) often suffering from
breathing artifacts, it is recommended to perform MRE during breath‐hold. However, breath …

Multiparametric quantitative MRI for the detection of IgA nephropathy using tomoelastography, DWI, and BOLD imaging

ST Lang, J Guo, A Bruns, M Dürr, J Braun… - Investigative …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aim of this study was to noninvasively evaluate changes in renal stiffness,
diffusion, and oxygenation in patients with chronic, advanced stage immunoglobulin A …

Comparison of inversion methods in MR elastography: An open‐access pipeline for processing multifrequency shear‐wave data and demonstration in a phantom …

T Meyer, S Marticorena Garcia… - Magnetic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) maps the viscoelastic properties of soft
tissues for diagnostic purposes. However, different MRE inversion methods yield different …

In vivo stiffness of multiple sclerosis lesions is similar to that of normal-appearing white matter

H Herthum, S Hetzer, M Scheel, M Shahryari, J Braun… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In 1868, French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot coined the term multiple sclerosis
(MS) after his observation that numerous white matter (WM) glial scars felt like sclerotic …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of renal fibrosis by mapping histology and magnetic resonance imaging

J Zhang, Y Yu, X Liu, X Tang, F Xu, M Zhang, G Xie… - Kidney …, 2021 - karger.com
Background: Renal fibrosis is a key driver of progression in chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Recent advances in diagnostic imaging techniques have shown promising results for the …