Non-invasive measurement of iron overload in the human body

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1513-1518

  Marinelli, Mauro ^a   Cuneo, Stefano ^b   Gianesin, Barbara ^b   Lavagetto, Antonella ^c   Lamagna, Martina ^c   Oliveri, Eraldo ^b   Sobrero, Giuliano ^b   Terenzani, Laura ^c   Forni, Gian Luca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^c GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Iron overload; LIC; Liver iron concentration; Susceptometer; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER IRON CONCENTRATION (LIC); SUSCEPTOMETER; THALASSEMIA;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33746617576     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.869661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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