Non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) — Based electrical property mapping for human tissues

Knowledge of the spatial distribution of electrical properties, namely dielectric constant, ε_r, and conductivity, σ, is valuable to various diagnostic and therapeutic technologies and for in vivo specific absorption rate (SAR) mapping in high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Electrical property mapping (EPM) is crucial to the early detection of various cancers for the reason that electrical properties (EP´s) of cancerous tissues at different stages are distinguishable from healthy ones. Moreover, EP´s show high tissue contrast therefore EPM are good to show anatomical structures of human body. This talk introduces the up to date research on non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based electrical property mapping for human tissues, from both the literature and the speaker´s research group.