Repeatability of magnetic resonance elastography for quantification of hepatic stiffness

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 725-731

  Hines, Catherine D G ^a   Bley, Thorsten A ^b,c   Lindstrom, Mary J ^d   Reeder, Scott B ^a,c,d  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Cirrhosis; Fibrosis; Liver; Magnetic resonance elastography; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC STIFFNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RIGIDITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77649216364     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22066     Document Type: Article

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