HeadWave Clinical Coil Designed for Magnetic Resonance Elastography
Description of Invention:
The invention is a novel device for measuring the elasticity of cranially encased tissue. The device is a vibrator coil for use in magnetic resonance elastography (MRE). The vibrator coil is applied to the skull of a human patient using a transcranial Doppler monitoring harness and applies mechanical and acoustic waves through the skull. The propagation of the acoustic wave through brain tissue, coupled to phase alteration of voxel isochromats in the presence of applied motion encoding magnetic field gradients permits the measuring of intracranial tissue elasticity.
For Additional Information Please Contact: Michael Shmilovich J.D.
NIH Office of Technology Transfer
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