Quantitative assessment of iron in heart and liver phantoms using dual-energy computed tomography

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 907-912

  Tsai, Yi Shan ^a   Chen, Jiang Shiuh ^a   Wang, Chien Kuo ^a   Lu, Chia Hsing ^a   Cheng, Chao Neng ^a   Kuo, Chin Shun ^a   Liu, Yi Sheng ^a   Tsai, Hong Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dual energy computed tomography; Hounsfield units; Iron; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE;

EID: 84904384815     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2014.1813     Document Type: Article

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