Measurement consistency of MR elastography at 3.0 T: Comparison among three different region-of-interest placement methods

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 336-341

  Mitsufuji, Toshimichi ^a   Shinagawa, Yoshinobu ^a   Fujimitsu, Ritsuko ^a   Urakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Kimiyo ^a   Takano, Koichi ^a   Yoshimitsu, Kengo ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interobserver consistency; Intraobserver consistency; Measurement; MR elastography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 84878762959     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-013-0195-7     Document Type: Article

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