Cardiac T2 * measurements in patients with iron overload: A comparison of imaging parameters and analysis techniques

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 641-648

  Ou, Phalla ^a   Zhao, Yansong ^b   Fawal, Sara El ^a   Banka, Puja ^a,c   Powell, Andrew J ^a,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Black blood imaging; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Cardiac T2 *; Iron overload; Myocardial T2 *; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK BLOOD IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVE FITTING; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART HEMOSIDEROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; THALASSEMIA; WHITE BLOOD IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862821279     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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