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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300067403321

Titolo

Magnetic Resonance Elastography / / edited by Sudhakar K. Venkatesh, Richard L. Ehman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

1-4939-1575-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Disciplina

610

616.0757

616.33

Soggetti

Radiology

Gastroenterology 

Diagnostic Radiology

Imaging / Radiology

Gastroenterology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- History of Elastography -- Liver MRE Technique -- Clinical Applications of Liver MRE – 1 Liver Fibrosis -- Clinical Applications of Liver MRE – 2 Liver Masses -- Impact of MRE on Liver Diseases -- MRE for Other Applications in the Abdomen -- MRE of Muscle -- MRE of Brain -- MRE of Lung and Heart -- MRE of Breast.

Sommario/riassunto

This innovative book presents the development and clinical applications of magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), a new MRI-based imaging technology for quantitatively assessing the mechanical properties of tissue.  Many disease processes cause profound changes in mechanical characteristics of tissue, but these changes can be completely invisible in examinations with conventional imaging technologies.  MRE provides unique tissue information and powerful new diagnostic capabilities. The book begins with an accessible overview of the basic technology underlying MRE.  Successive chapters provide coverage of the use of MRE to assess organ systems, including liver, skeletal muscle, brain, lungs, heart, breast, spleen, and kidney.  The book is edited by



Sudhakar Venkatesh, MD, a leader in the clinical use of this technology, and Richard Ehman, MD, the inventor of MRE.  Magnetic Resonance Elastography is a valuable resource for radiologists, residents, fellows, technologists, hepatologists and scientists.         .