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Electrical properties tomography: Available contrast and reconstruction capabilities
Author(s) -
Hancu Ileana,
Liu Jiaen,
Hua Yihe,
Lee SeungKyun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.696
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1522-2594
pISSN - 0740-3194
DOI - 10.1002/mrm.27453
Subject(s) - tomography , property (philosophy) , computer science , contrast (vision) , field (mathematics) , computed tomography , translation (biology) , biomedical engineering , electrical impedance tomography , medical physics , radiology , computer vision , medicine , mathematics , chemistry , philosophy , biochemistry , epistemology , messenger rna , gene , pure mathematics
MR‐based electrical properties tomography converts the MRI transmit/receive RF field measurements to tissue electrical property maps through dedicated reconstruction algorithms. Recent reports showed that despite limitations, electrical properties tomography holds promise for generating additional contrast for tumor detection and patient‐specific modeling of tissue–RF field interactions. This review summarizes the available tissue electrical property contrasts and compares them with the capabilities of the most commonly used electrical properties tomography reconstruction method. Future directions and prospects of clinical translation are discussed.