Magnetic resonance elastography of liver in healthy asians: Normal liver stiffness quantification and reproducibility assessment

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Venkatesh, Sudhakar K ^a,b   Wang, Gang ^b   Teo, Lynette L S ^b   Ang, Bertrand W L ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

age; gender; liver stiffness measurement; magnetic resonance elastography; normal healthy subjects; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; ELASTOGRAPHY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VOLUNTEER;

AGE; GENDER; LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; NORMAL HEALTHY SUBJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84890551032     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24084     Document Type: Article

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