Proton transverse relaxation rate (R2) images of iron-loaded liver tissuepping local tissue iron concentrations with MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 572-575

  Clark, Paul R ^a   Chua Anusorn, Wanida ^a   St Pierre, Timothy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Iron; Liver; MRI; R2; T2

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; IRON; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CIRRHOSIS; HUMAN LIVER TISSUES; IMAGING MEASUREMENTS; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; LINEAR CORRELATION; LIVER TISSUE; MICRO ARCHITECTURES; PROTON TRANSVERSE RELAXATION;

TISSUE;

IRON; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

EID: 0037373412     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10378     Document Type: Article

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