Medical Diagnosis: Will Brain Palpation Soon Be Possible? (IMAGE)

INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale)

Medical Diagnosis: Will Brain Palpation Soon Be Possible?

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Inserm researchers, using MRI, have succeeded in detecting natural shear waves in the brain using computational techniques borrowed from seismologists and known as 'noise correlation'.

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©Inserm/ Stéfan Catheline

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