Automated two-point dixon screening for the evaluation of hepatic steatosis and siderosis: comparison with R2*-relaxometry and chemical shift-based sequences

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1356-1365

  Henninger, B ^a   Zoller, H ^b   Rauch, S ^a   Schocke, M ^a   Kannengiesser, S ^c   Zhong, X ^d   Reiter, G ^e   Jaschke, W ^a   Kremser, C ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^d SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^e SIEMENS AG ÖSTERREICH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fat; Iron; Liver; Magnetic resonance; Relaxometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDEROSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIDEROSIS;

EID: 84934272397     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3528-8     Document Type: Article

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