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Investigating anisotropic elasticity using MR-Elastography combined with Diffusion Tensor Imaging : Validation using anisotropic and viscoelastic phantoms

@inproceedings{Qin2010InvestigatingAE,
  title={Investigating anisotropic elasticity using MR-Elastography combined with Diffusion Tensor Imaging : Validation using anisotropic and viscoelastic phantoms},
  author={Eric C. Qin and Ralph Sinkus and Caroline Rae and Lynne E. Bilston},
  year={2010},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:32899532}
}
A technique which for the first time combines Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) information with MRE to investigate the anisotropic elasticity of tissue and could potentially shed new light on tissue injury mechanisms.
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