Diffusion analysis with triexponential function in hepatic steatosis

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-94

  Hayashi, Tatsuya ^a,b,c   Miyati, Tosiaki ^c   Takahashi, Junji ^a,b   Tsuji, Yoshinori ^a,b   Suzuki, Hidesato ^a,b   Tagaya, Naomi ^a,b   Hiramoto, Mariko ^a,b   Fukuzawa, Kei ^a,b   Tano, Masakatsu ^a,b   Saitoh, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI); Fat; Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM); Liver; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAST FREE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATIC FAT FRACTION; HEPATOBILIARY PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LIVER PERFUSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERFUSION RELATED DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLOW RESTRICTED DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TRIEXPONENTIAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84896035209     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: 18650341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-013-0235-0     Document Type: Article

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