Noninvasive quantification of hepatic fat content using three-echo Dixon magnetic resonance imaging with correction for t2* relaxation effects

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 783-789

  Kühn, Jens Peter ^a   Evert, Matthias ^a   Friedrich, Nele ^a   Kannengiesser, Stephan ^b   Mayerle, Julia ^a   Thiel, Robert ^a   Lerch, Markus M ^a   Dombrowski, Frank ^a   Mensel, Birger ^a   Hosten, Norbert ^a   Puls, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

chemical shift; Dixon technique; liver MRI; steatosis hepatis

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 81855169989     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31822b124c     Document Type: Article

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