#MR_Elastography (MRE) provides a new MRI-based biomarker for characterizing tissue non-invasively. #MRE obtains information about the stiffness of tissue by assessing the propagation of mechanical waves through the tissue with a special magnetic resonance imaging technique. MRE is being used clinically for the assessment of patients with chronic liver diseases and is emerging as a safe, reliable, and non-invasive alternative to liver biopsy for staging hepatic fibrosis. MRE is also being investigated for application to pathologies of other organs including the brain, breast, blood vessels, heart, kidneys, lungs, and skeletal muscle. This image is an Elastogram, which calculated from the wave image and provides reliable data about tissue stiffness. #MRI #MRI_biomarker
