Quantification of hepatic macrosteatosis in living, related liver donors using T1-independent, T2corrected chemical shift MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1124-1130

  Joe, Eugene ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^a,b   Kim, Kyung Won ^a,b   Lee, Kyung Bun ^b   Kim, Soo Jin ^c   Baek, Jee Hyun ^a,b   Shin, Cheong Il ^a,b   Suh, Kyung Suk ^b   Yi, Nam Joon ^b   Han, Joon Koo ^a,b   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

fat quantification; hepatic steatosis; IDEAL; living liver donor; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER MACROSTEATOSIS; LIVING DONOR; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867824543     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23738     Document Type: Review

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