Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 284-287 , July 2011

Stiffness imaging of the kidney and adjacent abdominal tissues measured simultaneously using magnetic resonance elastography

  • Sabine F. Bensamoun

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics and Bioengineering Laboratory, UMR CNRS 6600, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Compiègne, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC) Centre de Recherches de Royallieu Laboratoire de Biomécanique et Bioingénierie, UMR CNRS 6600, Rue Personne de Roberval, BP 20529 Compiègne cedex, France. Tel.: +33 3 44 23 43 90.
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  • Ludovic Robert

      Affiliations

    • ACRIM-Polyclinique Saint Côme, Compiègne, France
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  • Gwladys E. Leclerc

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics and Bioengineering Laboratory, UMR CNRS 6600, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Compiègne, France
    • ,
  • Laëtitia Debernard

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics and Bioengineering Laboratory, UMR CNRS 6600, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Compiègne, France
    • ,
  • Fabrice Charleux

      Affiliations

    • ACRIM-Polyclinique Saint Côme, Compiègne, France

Received 15 April 2010 ,Accepted 25 June 2010.

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☆ This work was supported by the Picardie Region.

PII: S0899-7071(10)00155-5

doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.07.009

Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 284-287 , July 2011

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