Liver iron concentration quantification by MRI: Are recommended protocols accurate enough for clinical practice?

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-141

  Castiella, Agustin ^a   Alústiza, Jose M ^d   Emparanza, Jose I ^b   Zapata, Eva Ma ^a   Costero, Belen ^c   Díez, Maria I ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE MENDARO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Haemochromatosis; Liver biopsy; Liver diseases; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650582025     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-1899-z     Document Type: Article

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