1Institut
de Physique des Systmes Biologiques, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland; 2Martinos
Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA, United States; 3Department
of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States; 4Institut
de Physique des Systmes Biologiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de
Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
MR Elastography (MRE) suffers from a major limitation: its low sensitivity due to the use of long TE's leading to long acquisition times. This drawback hinders its use in daily routine by radiologists. The aim of the present study was to show the feasibility of enhancing the signal via the Overhauser effect to shorten MRE acquisition times.