A new fast and unsynchronized method for MRI of viscoelastic properties of soft tissues

Quantitative measurement of mechanical properties of biologic tissues may have several applications for diagnosis or biomechanic modeling in sports medicine, traumatology, or computer‐guided surgery. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods previously tested for these applications all required s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of magnetic resonance imaging 2000-11, Vol.12 (5), p.784-789
Hauptverfasser: Lewa, Czeslaw J., Roth, Muriel, Nicol, Lionel, Franconi, Jean-Michel, de Certaines, Jacques D.
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Zusammenfassung:Quantitative measurement of mechanical properties of biologic tissues may have several applications for diagnosis or biomechanic modeling in sports medicine, traumatology, or computer‐guided surgery. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods previously tested for these applications all required synchronization between MRI acquisition pulses and the mechanical stimulation. A new unsynchronized method operating with no prior knowledge of intensity, direction, and frequency of the mechanical waves is proposed. A specifically modified SPAMM (SPAtial Modulation of Magnetization) sequence has been used, operating on a 0.2‐T MRI system. The experimental results obtained on test objects fit well with theoretical calculations. The new proposed method is very fast (a less than 5‐second acquisition time) for routine clinical use. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2000;12:784–789. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:1053-1807
1522-2586
DOI:10.1002/1522-2586(200011)12:5<784::AID-JMRI18>3.0.CO;2-Z