Selective spectral displacement projection for multifrequency MRE

We introduce a new motion encoding concept for the displacement vector in multifrequency magnetic resonance elastography (MRE). Selective spectral displacement projection (SDP)-MRE can be applied to a vibration spectrum composed of three frequencies and exploits the filter condition of MRE for selecting one frequency each per spatial motion encoding direction. The selected components are simultaneously encoded in the phase of the MR signal. Therefore, the total MR phase is represented by a sum of phase portions, each corresponding to a distinct spatial projection and vibration frequency. The individual components can be obtained by applying a Fourier-transform to the temporally resolved phase images. SDP-MRE reduces the number of temporally resolved MRE experiments for data acquisition by a factor of 3, while providing similar wave images as found using conventional monofrequency MRE.

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