Fast approximation to pixelwise relaxivity maps: Validation in iron overloaded subjects

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1074-1080

  Meloni, Antonella ^a,b   Zmyewski, Heather ^b   Rienhoff, Hugh Young ^c   Jones, Amber ^c   Pepe, Alessia ^a   Lombardi, Massimo ^a   Wood, John C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c FerroKin BioSciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast R2* mapping; Iron overload assessment; Liver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON OVERLOAD; LEVENBERG MARQUADT ALGORITHM; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBSERVER BIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDO PIXELWISE MAPPING ALGORITHM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84880802759     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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