Multisite, multivendor validation of the accuracy and reproducibility of proton-density fat-fraction quantification at 1.5T and 3T using a fat–water phantom

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1516-1524

  Hernando, Diego ^a   Sharma, Samir D ^a   Aliyari Ghasabeh, Mounes ^b   Alvis, Bret D ^c   Arora, Sandeep S ^c   Hamilton, Gavin ^d   Pan, Li ^e   Shaffer, Jean M ^f   Sofue, Keitaro ^f,g   Szeverenyi, Nikolaus M ^d   Welch, E Brian ^c   Yuan, Qing ^h   Bashir, Mustafa R ^f,i   Kamel, Ihab R ^b   Rice, Mark J ^c   Sirlin, Claude B ^d   Yokoo, Takeshi ^h   Reeder, Scott B ^a,j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Siemens Healthcare   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

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Author keywords

chemical shift encoded; fat quantification; multicenter; nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; phantom; proton density fat fraction (PDFF); quantitative imaging biomarker

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT; HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; MULTICENTER; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PROTON DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING;

PHANTOMS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL SHIFT-ENCODED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETER; PHANTOM; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON-DENSITY FAT-FRACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SUSPENSION; VALIDATION STUDY; BODY WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; IMAGING PHANTOM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PROTON;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY WATER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84963623324     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.26228     Document Type: Article

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