Automated truncation method for myocardial T2* measurement in thalassemia

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 479-483

  He, Taigang ^a,b   Zhang, Jun ^c   Carpenter, John Paul ^a,b   Feng, Yanqiu ^d   Smith, Gillian C ^a,b   Pennell, Dudley J ^a,b   Firmin, David N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

automated truncation method; CMR; iron overload; myocardial T2; thalassemia

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED TRUNCATION METHOD; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; THALASSEMIA;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNATIONALITY; IRON OVERLOAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 84872905307     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23780     Document Type: Article

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