MR elastography of healthy liver parenchyma: Normal value and reliability of the liver stiffness value measurement

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1215-1223

  Lee, Dong Ho ^a   Lee, Jeong Min ^b   Han, Joon Koo ^b   Choi, Byung Ihn ^b  

^a Suncheon OH Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

liver stiffness value measurement; magnetic resonance elastography (MRE); reliability; repeatability; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER STIFFNESS; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

LIVER STIFFNESS VALUE MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY (MRE); RELIABILITY; REPEATABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84878751899     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23958     Document Type: Article

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