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 …

Beginning in the 1960s many studies have been performed to investigate the mechanical
properties of brain. In this paper we point out the difficulties linked with in vitro experimental …

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 …

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 …

Cavitation is the sudden, unstable expansion of a void or bubble within a liquid or solid
subjected to a negative hydrostatic stress. Cavitation rheology is a field emerging from the …

Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a medical imaging technique that combines
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with mechanical vibrations to generate maps of …

During severe impact conditions, brain tissue experiences a rapid and complex deformation,
which can be seen as a mixture of compression, tension and shear. Diffuse axonal injury …

Physiological aging of the brain is accompanied by ubiquitous degeneration of neurons and
oligodendrocytes. An alteration of the cellular matrix of an organ impacts its macroscopic …

Dynamic responses of brain tissues are needed for predicting traumatic brain injury (TBI).
We modified a dynamic experimental technique for characterizing high strain-rate …

The dynamic behavior of porcine brain tissue, obtained from a series of in vitro observations
and experiments, is analyzed and described here with the aid of a large strain, nonlinear …