Technical Recommendation on Multi-Driver Multifrequency MR Elastography for Tomographic Mapping of Abdominal Stiffness With a Focus on the Pancreas and Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
MRE with at least 4 drivers and multiple vibration frequencies in the range of 30 to 60 Hz enables tomographic mapping of tissue stiffness across the entire abdomen, including the pancreas. Our results thus indicate that multiplex MRE is a promising approach for generating detailed images of abdominal stiffness that can improve clinical diagnosis of abdominal and pancreatic diseases.
Authors
- Carsten Warmuth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8785-1999)
- Uwe Pelzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9213-2737)
- Thomas Malinka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5860-5710)
- Melanie Estrella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1847-7870)
- Hans‐Jonas Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8489-706X)
- Philippe Garteiser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0157-8851)
- Rolf Reiter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9741-6736)
- L. Körner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7707-1178)
- Johannes Castelein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5152-7660)
- Tom Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2171-6791)
- Nienke Wassenaar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3668-944X)
- Igor M. Sauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9355-937X)
- Ingolf Sack (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2460-1444)
- Thomas Kröncke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4889-1036)
- Anna Speth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7757-6206)
- Bernard E. Van Beers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6429-1140)
- Karl H. Hillebrandt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5114-6590)
- Yanglei Wu
- Salma Almutawakel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5838-0831)
- Jakob Schattenfroh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3654-4578)
- Viktor Hartung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6273-9172)
- Adrian Huber
- Felix Pfister
- Jan Bieling
Publication Details
- Journal
- Investigative Radiology
- Published
- 2025-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/rli.0000000000001231
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.36
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft