Measurement of liver fat fraction and iron with MRI and MR spectroscopy techniques

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-26

  Sharma, Puneet ^a   Altbach, Maria ^a   Galons, Jean Philippe ^a   Kalb, Bobby ^a   Martin, Diego R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; STEATOSIS; CHEMISTRY; FORECASTING; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

FATTY LIVER; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; IRON; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84891699694     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/dir.2013.13124     Document Type: Review

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