Quantitative MRI for hepatic fat fraction and T2* measurement in pediatric patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1379-1387

  Deng, Jie ^a,b   Fishbein, Mark H ^a   Rigsby, Cynthia K ^a,b   Zhang, Gang ^a   Schoeneman, Samantha E ^a   Donaldson, James S ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multi interference model; Multi point Dixon; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931834443     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-3024-y     Document Type: Article

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