Tamperless tensor elastography imaging

Abstract

Magnetic resonance and ultrasound methods can produce estimates of full rank-4 elasticity tensors (E-tensors) using suitable constraints. E-tensor estimates can be based on E-tensor symmetry conditions and a suitable E-tensor selected from among a set of E-tensors calculated using different symmetry constraints. Displacement fields used in E-tensor calculations can be noise reduced using compatibility conditions. With the selected E-tensor, various stains that are rotation invariant can be computed. In one example, an E-tensor for an in vivo brain is computed using the mechanical disturbance associated with cardiac pulsations. The selected E-tensor and associated stains, physiological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury (TBI) and even neural activation may be more readily detected than with conventional methods that do not use the full E-tensor.

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