Improved T2* assessment in liver iron overload by magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-197

  Positano, Vincenzo ^a   Salani, Benedetta ^a   Pepe, Alessia ^a   Santarelli, Maria Filomena ^a,b   De Marchi, Daniele ^a   Ramazzotti, Anna ^a,b   Favilli, Brunella ^a,b   Cracolici, Eliana ^c   Midiri, Massimo ^c   Cianciulli, Paolo ^d   Lombardi, Massimo ^a   Landini, Luigi ^a,e  

^a FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d Sant'Eugenio Papa Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Iron overload; Liver; MRI; Multi echo T2*; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FUZZY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; ALGORITHM; BETA THALASSEMIA; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 59249100314     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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