MR elastography of the liver: Defining thresholds for detecting viscoelastic changes

Radiology

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 768-776

  Bohte, Anneloes E ^a   Garteiser, Philippe ^b   De Niet, Annikki ^a   Groot, Paul F C ^a   Sinkus, Ralph ^b   Stoker, Jaap ^a   Nederveen, Aart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION PARAMETER ALPHA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER SIZE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPAGATION PARAMETER BETA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION FIELD; RELIABILITY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84890051102     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.13122669     Document Type: Article

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