Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
568-04-010 ISMRM Abstract

Feasibility of Multifrequency MR Elastography of the Seminal Vesicles in Healthy Men, BPH and Prostate Cancer

Primary: Body - Urogenital
Secondary: Diffusion - DWI/DTI/DKI
568-04-010 · Prostate: Technical Applications, Sequences, and Coil Development · Wednesday, 13 May, 2:35 PM–3:30 PM · Digital Posters Row I
Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Elastography Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Prostate Cancer Detection Seminal Vesicles Tissue Fluidity
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Kevin V Davis 1, Hans-Martin Thieß1, Patrick Asbach1, Eugenio Tiberi1, Timm Denecke2, Bernd Hamm1, Bernhard Gebauer1, Jens Vogel-Claussen1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, Ingolf Sack1,4,11, Rolf Reiter1,12
1Department of Radiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
3Member of the German Centre for Lung Research, Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease, Hannover, Germany
4Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
5Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease, German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany
6Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
7Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease, Hannover, Germany
8Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
9Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
10German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany
11Department of Radiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
12Berlin Institute of Health at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, BIH Charité Digital Clinician Scientist Program, Berlin, Germany
Presenting Author: Kevin V Davis

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