Liver diffusivity in healthy volunteers and patients with chronic liver disease: Comparison of breathhold and free-breathing techniques

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-109

  Eatesam, Mamak ^a   Noworolski, Susan M ^a,b   Tien, Phyllis C ^b   Nystrom, Michelle ^a   Dodge, Jennifer L ^b   Merriman, Raphael B ^c   Qayyum, Aliya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

breathhold (BH); diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); free breathing (FB); hepatitis C (HCV); nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESPIRATION;

EID: 83755185976     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22748     Document Type: Article

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