Assessment of the variations in fat content in normal liver using a fast MR imaging method in comparison with results obtained by spectroscopic imaging

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 806-813

  Irwan, Roy ^a,b   Edens, Mireille A ^a,c   Sijens, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Toshiba Medical Systems   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fat measurement; Liver; MR imaging; MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FAT CONTENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 41349098551     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0801-0     Document Type: Article

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