Abstract #3407

Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) of the Kidney in Healthy Volunteers

Remi Souchon¹, Mustapha Bouhrara¹, Gale Pagnoux², Jean-Michel Mnager³, Richard L. Ehman⁴, Olivier Rouvire²

¹INSERM, Lyon, France; ²Hospices Civils de Lyon; ³SCM IRM du Tonkin, Villeurbanne, France; ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

The feasibility of renal MR elastography (MRE) was investigated in 10 healthy volunteers. The study demonstrated that kidney MRE at low vibration frequencies (45-76 Hz) is feasible. It also provided evidence of a viscoelastic behavior.