Strain-encoded breast MRI in phantom and ex vivo specimens with histological validation: Preliminary results - Haruoni, Ahmed A.; Hossain, Jakir; El Khouli, Riham; Matsuda, Kant M.; Bluemke, David A.; Osman, Nael F.; Jacobs, Michael A. (Medical physics (Lancaster), 2012)
Keywords: Algorithms; biomechanics; biomedical MRI; breast MRI; Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis; Breast Neoplasms - physiopathology; Cancer; Clinical applications; compressibility; data acquisition; Data acquisition and logging; data compression; diffusion; Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific applications; elastic constants; Elastic properties; Elasticity Imaging Techniques - instrumentation; Elasticity Imaging Techniques - methods; elastography; Female; Humans; image coding; Image coding, e.g. from bit‐mapped to non bit‐mapped; Image data processing or generation, in general; Image Enhancement - methods; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; image segmentation; Involving electronic [emr] or nuclear [nmr] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic Resonance Physics; Medical image contrast; Medical image noise; medical image processing; Medical imaging; MRI: anatomic, functional, spectral, diffusion; Pattern Recognition, Automated - methods; phantoms; Phantoms, Imaging; Pilot Projects; Reproducibility of Results; Segmentation; SENC; Sensitivity and Specificity; Spatial resolution; strain; Strain measurement; Tissue engineering; Tissues; tumours; Ultrasonography; strain; breast MRI; SENC; elastography; diffusion; cancer