Myocardial T*2 measurements in iron-overloaded thalassemia: An in vivo study to investigate optimal methods of quantification

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1082-1089

  He, Taigang ^a,b   Gatehouse, Peter D ^b   Smith, Gillian C ^a,b   Mohiaddin, Raad H ^a,b   Pennell, Dudley J ^a,b   Firmin, David N ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Curve fitting; Iron overload; MRI; Reproducibility; T*2 relaxation

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACCURACY; CURVE FITTING MODEL; IRON OVERLOADS; MONOEXPONENTIAL MODELS; MULTI GRADIENT; OPTIMAL METHODS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; TRUNCATION MODELS;

BLOOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; IRON OVERLOAD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; THALASSEMIA; UNITED KINGDOM; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

IRON;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 55749111009     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21744     Document Type: Article

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