title: Magnetic resonance elastography: a general overview of its current and future applications in brain imaging.
abstract: Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) has been developed over the last few years as a non-invasive means of evaluating the elasticity of biological tissues. The presence of the skull has always prevented semeiotic palpation of the brain, but MRE now offers the possibility of "palpating by imaging" in order to detect brain consistency under physiological and pathological conditions. The aim of this article is to review the current state-of-the-art of MRE imaging and discuss its possible future diagnostic applications in neuroscience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Via Manzoni, 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. diieva@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Ieva
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grizzi
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rognone
authors.forename: Zion Tsz Ho
authors.initials: ZT
authors.lastname: Tse
authors.forename: Tassanai
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Parittotokkaporn
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Y Baena
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tschabitscher
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Matula
authors.forename: Siegfrid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trattnig
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodriguez Y Baena
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004453:Echoencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D004548:Elasticity; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010173:Palpation / Q000379:methods