Abstract
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a non-invasive imaging technique that permits quantitative measurement of the mechanical properties of biological tissue. In MRE, coherent tissue displacements are induced by a mechanical actuator and images are collected in synchrony with these mechanical motions. Components of displacement in any direction can be measured by applying the motion-encoding gradients along that direction. The mechanical properties of tissue are derived by fitting measured displacement data to the equations governing wave propagation. A number of groups have explored the diagnostic value of MRE in the clinical setting, driven largely by the empirically observed relationship between tissue health and stiffness. The investigation of MRI methods as biomarkers of tumor progression and early therapeutic response remains an extremely active and important area of research. In this regard, MRE has considerable potential for staging cancer and monitoring the effects of therapy. We seek to demonstrate the utility of MRE for cancer staging by tracking the viscoelastic properties of brain tumor in a mouse model of high-grade glioma. Brain tissue viscoelasticity cannot be probed in vivo by any other known imaging technique, yet is suspected to contain valuable information about tissue health. Preliminary results indicate elastographic sensitivity to the presence of brain tumors in the living mouse.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsReferences
Muthupillai R, Lomas DJ, Rossman PJ, Greenleaf JF, Manduca A, Ehman RL (1995) Magnetic resonance elastography by direct visualization of propagating acoustic strain waves. Science 269:1854–1857
Yin M, Woollard J, Wang X, Torres VE, Harris PC, Ward CJ, Glaser KJ, Manduca A, Ehman RL (2007) Quantitative assessment of hepatic fibrosis in an animal model with magnetic resonance elastography. Magn Reson Med 58:346–353
Diguet E, Van Houten E, Green M, Sinkus R (2009) High resolution MR-elastography mouse brain study: towards a mechanical atlas. In: Proceedings of the international society for magnetic resonance in medicine, p 714
Pattison AJ, Lollis SS, Perrinez PR, Perreard IM, Mcgarry MDJ, Weaver JB, Paulsen KD (2010) Time-harmonic magnetic resonance elastography of the normal feline brain. J Biomech 43:2747–52
Schregel K, Wuerfel E, Wuerfel J, Petersen D, Sinkus R (2010) Viscoelastic properties change at an early stage of cuprizone induced affection of oligodendrocytes in the corpus callosum of C57/black6 mice. In: Proceedings of the international society for magnetic resonance in medicine, p 2134
Murphy MC, Curran GL, Glaser KJ, Rossman PJ, Huston J 3, Poduslo JF, Jack CR Jr, Felmlee JP, Ehman RL (2012) Magnetic resonance elastography of the brain in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease: initial results. Magn Reson Imaging 30:535–539
Atay SM, Kroenke CD, Sabet A, Bayly PV (2008) Measurement of the dynamic shear modulus of mouse brain tissue in vivo by magnetic resonance elastography. J Biomech Eng 130:021013
Clayton EH, Garbow JR, Bayly PV (2011) Frequency-dependent viscoelastic parameters of mouse brain tissue estimated by MR elastography. Phys Med Biol 56:2391–2406
Jost SC, Wanebo JE, Song SK, Chicoine MR, Rich KM, Woolsey TA, Lewis JS, Mach RH, Xu J, Garbow JR (2007) In vivo imaging in a murine model of glioblastoma. Neurosurgery 60:360–371
Acknowledgements
Financial support was provided by NIH RO1 NS055951 (Bayly), the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University in St. Louis, an NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center (P30 CA91842), and through pilot funds from the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis (Bayly/Garbow/Clayton).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2013 The Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.
About this paper
Cite this paper
Clayton, E.H., Engelbach, J.A., Garbow, J.R., Bayly, P.V. (2013). Characterization of Murine Glioma by Magnetic Resonance Elastography: Preliminary Results. In: Prorok, B., et al. Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 5. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4427-5_14
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4427-5_14
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-4426-8
Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-4427-5
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)