Fat quantification with IDEAL gradient echo imaging: Correction of bias from T1 and noise

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 354-364

  Liu, Chia Ying ^a,b   McKenzie, Charles A ^d   Yu, Huanzhou ^e   Brittain, Jean H ^e   Reeder, Scott B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical shift imaging; Fat quantification; Hepatic steatosis; IDEAL; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; CHEMICAL SHIFT; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL SHIFT IMAGING; CONSTRAINED RECONSTRUCTION; DECOMPOSITION OF WATERS; HEPATIC STEATOSIS; IDEAL; LEAST SQUARES ESTIMATION; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

LIPID;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 34547934476     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21301     Document Type: Article

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