Hepatic viscoelastic parameters measured with MR elastography: Correlations with quantitative analysis of liver fibrosis in the rat

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 956-962

  Salameh, Najat ^a,d   Peeters, Frank ^a   Sinkus, Ralph ^b   Abarca Quinones, Jorge ^a   Annet, Laurence ^a   Ter Beek, Leon C ^c   Leclercq, Isabelle ^a   Van Beers, Bernard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal; Biomechanics; Disease models; Experimental; Liver cirrhosis; Liver fibrosis; MR elastography

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; HYDROXYPROLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FIBROSIS; HYDROXYPROLINE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 35148849338     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21099     Document Type: Article

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