Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
367-01-012 ISMRM Abstract

An accurately controlled compact pneumatic transducer for MR Elastography at 3 T and 7 T

Primary: Physics & Engineering - New Devices
Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Elastography
367-01-012 · Fuel and Function: Metabolism in the Body · Monday, 11 May, 8:20 AM–9:15 AM · Digital Posters Row H
Keywords: Elastography MRI Hardware Hardware Prototyping Transducer Pipeline
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Lorenz Kiss 1, Stefan Wampl2, Marcos Wolf1, Jean-Lynce Gnanago1, Christopher Breitenfelder1, Andreas Hodul3, Quang Nguyen3, Markus Königshofer3, Roberta Frass-Kriegl1, Martin Meyerspeer1, Albrecht I Schmid1
1High Field MR Center, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2Department of Medicine III, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
3Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Presenting Author: Lorenz Kiss

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