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Abstract #2152

Comparing 2D and 3D Magnetic Resonance Elastography Techniques in a Clinical Setting: Initial Experiences

Mikael F. Forsgren 1,2 , Bengt Norn 3,4 , Johan Kihlberg 2,3 , Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard 2,3 , Stergios Kechagias 5 , and Peter Lundberg 3,6

1 Wolfram MathCore AB, Linkping, Sweden, and Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization(CMIV), Linkping University, Linkping, Sweden, 2 Dept. of Medical and Health Sciences, Linkping University, Dept. of Radiation Physics, UHL County Council of stergtland, Linkping, Sweden, 3 Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linkping University, Linkping, Sweden, 4 Dept. of Medical and Health Sciences, Linkping University, Linkping, Sweden, 5 Dept. of Medical and Health Sciences, Linkping University, Dept. of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UHL County Council of stergtland, Linkping, Sweden, 6 Dept. of Medical and Health Sciences, Linkping University, Depts. of Radiation Physics and Radiology, UHL County Council of stergtland, Linkping, Sweden

Fibrosis may be reversible in humans, thus there is a great need for the introduction of noninvasive methods in order to monitor fibrosis development. MRE seems to be very promising towards this end. However, we need to verify that different techniques provide comparable results for a wide spread clinic introduction. We have compared 2D and 3D MRE techniques using two different transducer technologies. We examined 7 patients in a single day with a very short time delay (10 min). Our results show that it is possible to obtain comparable estimate of stiffness/elasticity in the liver using different techniques.

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