Multislice multiecho T2* cardiac magnetic resonance for the detection of heterogeneous myocardial iron distribution in thalassaemia patients

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 707-715

  Positano, Vincenzo ^a   Pepe, Alessia ^a   Santarelli, Maria Filomena ^a   Ramazzotti, Anna ^a   Meloni, Antonella ^a   de Marchi, Daniele ^a   Favilli, Brunella ^a   Cracolici, Eliana ^b   Midiri, Massimo ^b   Spasiano, Anna ^c   Lombardi, Massimo ^a   Landini, Luigi ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac MRI; Iron overload; Multiecho T2*; Susceptibility artefacts

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIAC MRI; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; IRON DISTRIBUTION; LEFT VENTRICLES; LOWER LIMITS; SURROGATE DATA; SUSCEPTIBILITY ARTEFACTS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CARDIAC NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART HEMOSIDEROSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 70049097186     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1382     Document Type: Article

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