MR elastography: Spleen stiffness measurements in healthy volunteers - Preliminary experience

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 387-392

  Mannelli, Lorenzo ^a   Godfrey, Edmund ^a   Joubert, Ilse ^a   Patterson, Andrew J ^a   Graves, Martin J ^a   Gallagher, Ferdia A ^a   Lomas, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; MR elastography; Portal hypertension; Spleen; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SPLEEN WEIGHT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

EID: 77955619669     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3390     Document Type: Article

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