Measurement and mapping of liver iron concentrations using magnetic resonance imaging

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1054, Issue , 2005, Pages 379-385

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iron; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ASSAY; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER LEVEL; MEASUREMENT; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTON TRANSVERSE RELAXATION RATE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TECHNIQUE; THALASSEMIA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 29744439189     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1345.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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