T1 bias in chemical shift-encoded liver fat-fraction: Role of the flip angle

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 875-883

  Kühn, Jens Peter ^a   Jahn, Christina ^a   Hernando, Diego ^b   Siegmund, Werner ^a   Hadlich, Stefan ^a   Mayerle, Julia ^a   Pfannmöller, Jörg ^a   Langner, Sonke ^a   Reeder, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical shift imaging; Fatty liver; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; FLIP ANGLE; HUMAN; LIVER FAT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FATTY LIVER; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84927788772     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24457     Document Type: Article

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