Accurate and simple method for quantification of hepatic fat content using magnetic resonance imaging: A prospective study in biopsy-proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1263-1271

  Hatta, Tomoko ^a   Fujinaga, Yasunari ^a   Kadoya, Masumi ^a   Ueda, Hitoshi ^b   Murayama, Hiroaki ^b   Kurozumi, Masahiro ^a   Ueda, Kazuhiko ^a   Komatsu, Michiharu ^a   Nagaya, Tadanobu ^a   Joshita, Satoru ^a   Kodama, Ryo ^a   Tanaka, Eiji ^a   Uehara, Tsuyoshi ^b   Sano, Kenji ^b   Tanaka, Naoki ^a,c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fatty liver; Liver biopsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Water oil phantom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAT CONTENT; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651303032     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-010-0277-6     Document Type: Article

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