"Palpation by imaging": magnetic resonance elastography.
- Author:
Lei XU
1
;
Pei-Yi GAO
Author Information
1. Imaging Center of Neuroscience, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100050.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Algorithms;
Animals;
Breast Neoplasms;
diagnosis;
Elasticity;
Female;
Humans;
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted;
Liver Cirrhosis;
diagnosis;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
methods;
Male;
Palpation;
Prostatic Neoplasms;
diagnosis
- From:
Chinese Medical Sciences Journal
2006;21(4):281-286
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Elasticity is an important physical property of human tissues. There is a tremendous difference in elasticity between normal and pathological tissues. Noninvasive evaluation of the elasticity of human tissues would be valuable for clinical practice. Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a recently developed noninvasive imaging technique that can directly visualize and quantitatively measure tissue elasticity. This article reviewed the MRE technique and its current status.
