Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) of Uterine Fibroids

MRE is performed at the end of the examination after the standard MRI protocol. A test vibration is first applied on the patient to familiarize the patient with the vibration. The MRE sequence is performed with either a body coil or a pelvic-array coil. The total acquisition time is split into four periods of suspended respiration of 16 seconds for acquisition of wave images at four phase offsets. To obtain a consistent position of the fibroid for each phase offset, patients are asked to quietly breath and remain still.