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Abstract #2429

MR Elastography of ex Vivo Prostate Cancer at Multiple Frequencies at 7T

Ramin S. Sahebjavaher1, Guy Nir1, Mohammad Honarvar1, Andrew Yung1, Piotr Kozlowski1, Louis O. Gagnon1, Edward C. Jones1, Garteiser Philippe2, Ralph Sinkus2, Silvia Chang1, Larry Goldenberg1, Septimiu E. Salcudean1

1University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 2Institut National de la Sant et de la Recherche Mdicale (INSERM), Paris, le-de-France, France

MR elastography (MRE) is performed on ex-vivo prostate cancer specimens. The viscoelastic properties are probed at three frequencies. The reconstructed maps of both the shear (Gd) and loss (Gl) moduli registered to whole-mount histopathology can distinguish cancerous from healthy tissue. The ability to extract frequency dependent information is also assessed.

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