Accurate liver T*2 measurement of iron overload: A simulations investigation and in vivo study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-320

  Beaumont, Marine ^a,b   Odame, Isaac ^b   Babyn, Paul S ^b   Vidarsson, Logi ^b   Kirby Allen, Melanie ^b   Cheng, Hai Ling Margaret ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Curve fitting models; Liver iron overload; Noise; T*2 relaxation

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVE FITTING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SIMULATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; IRON LIVER LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 68049130060     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21835     Document Type: Article

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