Initial clinical application of modified Dixon with flexible echo times: hepatic and pancreatic fat assessments in comparison with 1H MRS

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 397-405

  Livingstone, Roshan S ^a   Begovatz, Paul ^a   Kahl, Sabine ^a   Nowotny, Bettina ^a   Straßburger, Klaus ^b   Giani, Guido ^b   Bunke, Jürgen ^c   Roden, Michael ^a   Hwang, Jong Hee ^a,d  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fat quantification; Liver and pancreas; Modified Dixon MRI; Proton MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PANCREAS; PROCEDURES; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84931562169     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: 13528661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-013-0421-4     Document Type: Article

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