Hepatic iron concentration: Noninvasive estimation by means of MR imaging techniques

Radiology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 227-234

  Bonkovsky, Herbert L ^a   Rubin, Richard B ^a   Cable, Edward E ^a,b   Davidoff, Ashley ^a   Pels Rijcken, Tammo H ^a,c   Stark, David D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemochromatosis; Iron; Liver, biopsy; Liver, diseases; Liver, iron content; Magnetic resonance (MR), comparative studies

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRON TRANSPORT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER METABOLISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033005487     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.212.1.r99jl35227     Document Type: Article

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