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Our feasibility study aimed to adapt the standardized adult MRE passive driver and vibrational parameters to a pediatric population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We designed an elliptic passive driver shaped on a torus equipped with an elastic membrane and adapted to children's morphologies. As a first step, eight children (aged 8\u201318 years) were enrolled in a prospective pilot study aiming to determine the threshold vibrational amplitude for MRE using a custom passive driver, based on phase aliasing assessment and the occurrence of signal void artifacts on magnitude MR images. In the second step, the practicality and the consistency of the custom driver were assessed in a further 11 pediatric patients (aged 7\u201318 years). In the third step, we compared our custom driver vs. the commercial driver on six adult volunteers, in terms of the reliable region of interest area within the acquired MRE slices, the shear wave maps\u2019 quality, and measured stiffness values obtained.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Based on pediatric patient data, the threshold vibrational amplitude expressed as percentage of maximum output was found to be 0.4 and 1.1 times the body weight (kg) at 40 and 60\u2005Hz frequencies, respectively. In comparison to the commercial passive driver, the custom driver improved threefold the contact with the body surface, also enabling a more comfortable examination as self-assessed by the volunteers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our custom driver was more comfortable for the volunteers and was able to generate more homogenous shear waves, yielding larger usable hepatic area, and more reliable stiffness values.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fped.2022.999830","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,7]],"date-time":"2022-12-07T06:11:31Z","timestamp":1670393491000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["A tailored passive driver for liver MRE in pediatric 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