Comparison of the region-based and pixel-wise methods for cardiac T2* analysis in 50 transfusion-dependent thai thalassemia patients

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-381

  Saiviroonporn, Pairash ^a   Viprakasit, Vip ^b   Boonyasirinant, Thananya ^c   Khuhapinant, Archrob ^a   Wood, John C ^d   Krittayaphong, Rungroj ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Thalassemia Center   (Thailand)

^c Division of Cardiology   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CMR; iron overload; myocardial T2* analysis; pixel wise method; region based method; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; IRON;

CMR; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; INTRA-OBSERVER VARIABILITY; IRON OVERLOADS; MYOCARDIAL T2* ANALYSE; PIXEL-WISE METHOD; REGION-BASED; REGION-BASED METHODS; THALASSAEMIA;

PIXELS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC T2 ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TRANSFUSION;

EID: 79957826792     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31820eaaf2     Document Type: Article

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