Magnetic resonance elastography : physical background and medical applications /: physical background and medical applications. (2016)

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• Further Information: Note: Sebastian Hirsch, Jurgen Braun, and Ingolf Sack.
• Other Names: Hirsch, Sebastian; Sack, Ingolf; Braun, Jürgen; Recorded Books, Inc.
• Contents: About the Authors xiii Foreword xv Preface xvii Acknowledgments xix Notation xxi List of Symbols xxiii Introduction 1 Part I Magnetic Resonance Imaging 7 1 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 9 1.1 Protons in a Magnetic Field 9 1.2 Precession of Magnetization 10 1.2.1 Quadrature Detection 11 1.3 Relaxation 13 1.4 Bloch Equations 14 1.5 Echoes 15 1.5.1 Spin Echoes 15 1.5.2 Gradient Echoes 17 1.6 Magnetic Resonance Imaging 17 1.6.1 Spatial Encoding 18 1.6.1.1 Slice Selection 19 1.6.1.2 Phase Encoding 19 1.6.1.3 Frequency Encoding 20 2 Imaging Concepts 23 2.1 k-Space 23 2.2 k-Space Sampling Strategies 26 2.2.1 Segmented Image Acquisition 27 2.2.1.1 Fast Low-Angle Shot (FLASH) 27 2.2.1.2 Balanced Steady-State Free Precession (bSSFP) 28 2.2.2 Echo-Planar Imaging (EPI) 30 2.2.3 Non-Cartesian Imaging 32 2.3 Fast Imaging 33 2.3.1 Fast Imaging Strategies 33 2.3.2 Partial Fourier Imaging 34 2.3.3 Parallel Imaging 35 2.3.3.1 GRAPPA 36 2.3.4 Impact of Fast Imaging on SNR and Scan Time 37 3 Motion Encoding and MRE Sequences 41 3.1 Motion Encoding 43 3.1.1 Gradient Moment Nulling 44 3.1.2 Encoding of Time-Harmonic Motion 46 3.1.3 Fractional Encoding 50 3.2 Intra-Voxel Phase Dispersion 51 3.3 Diffusion-Weighted MRE 52 3.4 MRE Sequences 53 3.4.1 FLASH-MRE 53 3.4.2 bSSFP-MRE 55 3.4.3 EPI-MRE 57 Part II Elasticity 61 4 Viscoelastic Theory 63 4.1 Strain 63 4.2 Stress 67 4.3 Invariants 68 4.4 Hooke’s Law 69 4.5 Strain-Energy Function 70 4.6 Symmetries 71 4.7 Engineering Constants 75 4.7.1 Young’s Modulus and Poisson’s Ratio 75 4.7.2 Shear Modulus and Lamé’s First Parameter 76 4.7.3 Compressibility and Bulk Modulus 77 4.7.4 Compliance and Elasticity Tensor for a Transversely Isotropic Material 79 4.8 Viscoelastic Models 80 4.8.1 Elastic Model: Spring 81 4.8.2 Viscous Model: Dashpot 82 4.8.3 Combinations of Elastic and Viscous Elements 83 4.8.4 Overview of Viscoelastic Models 89 4.9 Dynamic Deformation 92 4.9.1 Balance of Momentum 92 4.9.2 MechanicalWaves 96 4.9.2.1 Complex Moduli andWave Speed 98 4.9.3 Navier–Stokes Equation 99 4.9.4 Compression Modulus and Oscillating Volumetric Strain 100 4.9.5 Elastodynamic Green’s Function 101 4.9.6 Boundary Conditions 103 4.10 Waves in Anisotropic Media 104 4.10.1 The Christoffel Equation 105 4.10.2 Waves in a Transversely Isotropic Medium 106 4.11 Energy Density and Flux 110 4.11.1 Geometric Attenuation 113 4.12 ShearWave Scattering from Interfaces and Inclusions 114 4.12.1 Plane Interfaces 115 4.12.2 Spatial and Temporal Interfaces 118 4.12.3 Wave Diffusion 121 4.12.3.1 Green’s Function ofWaves and Diffusion Phenomena 125 4.12.3.2 Amplitudes and Intensities of DiffusiveWaves 126 5 Poroelasticity 131 5.1 Navier’s Equation for Biphasic Media 133 5.1.1 PressureWaves in Poroelastic Media 136 5.1.2 ShearWaves in Poroelastic Media 140 5.2 Poroelastic Signal Equation 142 Part III Technical Aspects and Data Processing 145 6 MRE Hardware 147 6.1 MRI Systems 147 6.2 Actuators 153 6.2.1 Technical Requirements 153 6.2.2 Practicality 153 6.2.3 Types of Mechanical Transducers 154 7 MRE Protocols 161 8 Numerical Methods and Postprocessing 165 8.1 Noise and Denoising in MRE 165 8.1.1 Denoising: An Overview 165 8.1.2 Least Squares and Polynomial Fitting 167 8.1.3 Frequency Domain (k-Space) Filtering 168 8.1.3.1 Averaging 168 8.1.3.2 LTI Filters in the Fourier Domain 170 8.1.3.3 Band-Pass Filtering 172 8.1.4 Wavelets and Multi-Resolution Analysis (MRA) 172 8.1.5 FFT versus MRA in vivo 174 8.1.6 Sparser Approximations and Performance Times 175 8.2 Directional Filters 176 8.3 Numerical Derivatives 179 8.3.1 Matrix Representation of Derivative Operators 182 8.3.2 Anderssen Gradients 183 8.3.3 Frequency Response of Derivative Operators 186 8.4 Finite Differences 187 9 Phase Unwrapping 191 9.1 Flynn’s Minimum Discontinuity Algorithm 193 9.2 Gradient Unwrapping 195 9.3 Laplacian Unwrapping 196 10 Viscoelastic Parameter Reconstruction Methods 199 10.1 Discretization and Noise 201 10.2 Phase Gradient 204 10.3 Algebraic Helmholtz Inversion 205 10.3.1 Multiparameter Inversion 207 10.3.2 Helmholtz Decomposition 207 10.4 Local Frequency Estimation 208 10.5 Multifrequency Inversion 210 10.5.1 Reconstruction of 휑 211 10.5.2 Reconstruction of |G∗| 213 10.6 k-MDEV 214 10.7 Finite Element Method 217 10.7.1 Weak Formulation of the One-DimensionalWave Equation 218 10.7.2 Discretization of the Problem Domain 219 10.7.3 Basis Function in the Discretized Domain 220 10.7.4 FE Formulation of theWave Equation 221 10.8 Direct Inversion for a Transverse Isotropic Medium 224 10.9 Waveguide Elastography 225 11 Multicomponent Acquisition 229 12 Ultrasound Elastography 233 12.1 Strain Imaging (SI) 235 12.2 Strain Rate Imaging (SRI) 235 12.3 Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Imaging 235 12.4 Vibro-Acoustography (VA) 237 12.5 Vibration-Amplitude Sonoelastography (VA Sono) 237 12.6 Cardiac Time-Harmonic Elastography (Cardiac THE) 237 12.7 Vibration Phase Gradient (PG) Sonoelastography 238 12.8 Time-Harmonic Elastography (1D/2D THE) 238 12.9 CrawlingWaves (CW) Sonoelastography 238 12.10 ElectromechanicalWave Imaging (EWI) 239 12.11 PulseWave Imaging (PWI) 239 12.12 Transient Elastography (TE) 240 12.13 Point ShearWave Elastography (pSWE) 240 12.14 ShearWave Elasticity Imaging (SWEI) 240 12.15 Comb-Push Ultrasound Shear Elastography (CUSE) 241 12.16 Supersonic Shear Imaging (SSI) 241 12.17 SpatiallyModulated Ultrasound Radiation Force (SMURF) 241 12.18 ShearWave Dispersion Ultrasound Vibrometry (SDUV) 241 12.19 Harmonic Motion Imaging (HMI) 242 Part IV Clinical Applications 243 13 MRE of the Heart 245 13.1 Normal Heart Physiology 245 13.1.1 Cardiac Fiber Anatomy 247 13.1.2 Wall Shear Modulus versus Cavity Pressure 249 13.2 Clinical Motivation for Cardiac MRE 250 13.2.1 Systolic Dysfunction versus Diastolic Dysfunction 250 13.3 Cardiac Elastography 252 13.3.1 Ex vivo SWI 253 13.3.2 In vivo SDUV 253 13.3.3 In vivo CardiacMRE in Pigs 254 13.3.4 In vivo CardiacMRE in Humans 256 13.3.4.1 Steady-State MRE (WAV-MRE) 256 13.3.4.2 Wave Inversion Cardiac MRE 259 13.3.5 MRE of the Aorta 260 14 MRE of the Brain 263 14.1 General Aspects of Brain MRE 264 14.1.1 Objectives 264 14.1.2 Determinants of Brain Stiffness 264 14.1.3 Challenges for Cerebral MRE 264 14.2 Technical Aspects of Brain MRE 265 <p&g
• Publisher Details: Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.07/548; Magnetic resonance imaging; Elastography; Science; SCIENCE -- Spectroscopy & Spectrum Analysis; Elastography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Science; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783527696017; 3527696016; 9783527696024; 3527696024; 3527696040; 9783527696048
• Related ISBNs: 9783527340088
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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