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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Medical Imaging
    • Rheology

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    • Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) visualizes displacement fields using harmonic motion.
    • Mathematical modeling of physiological structures is crucial for MRE applications.
    • Phantoms are essential for validating MRE techniques.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To report the design and construction of a novel multiply connected phantom for MRE.
    • To present an inverse modeling approach with a closed-form analytic solution for MRE data.
    • To validate the phantom and model for MRE studies.

    Main Methods:

    • Constructed a multiply connected phantom with two concentric cylinders of differing shear moduli using hydrocolloids.
    • Developed a custom MRE sequence with sinusoidal motion-sensitizing gradients for data acquisition.
    • Derived a closed-form analytic solution for inverse modeling and used finite-element methods to solve the forward problem.

    Main Results:

    • The phantom exhibited significant frequency dependence in its complex shear moduli (p < 0.001).
    • The inverse model provided accurate complex moduli for the phantom materials.
    • The finite-element method successfully solved the forward problem using the obtained moduli.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel multiply connected phantom is a validated and viable tool for MRE research.
    • This study demonstrates the potential for elegant mathematical analysis in MRE phantom design.
    • The developed phantom and model can aid in the noninvasive study of physiological structures.