Influence of fat on liver T1 measurements using modified Look–Locker inversion recovery (MOLLI) methods at 3T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 105-111

  Mozes, Ferenc E ^a   Tunnicliffe, Elizabeth M ^a   Pavlides, Michael ^a,b   Robson, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bSSFP; fatty liver disease; MOLLI T1 map

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BALANCED STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION SEQUENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC LIPID CONTENT; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IMAGING PHANTOM; LIVER FAT; LIVER T1 MEASUREMENT; LOOK LOCKER INVERSION RECOVERY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 84977621592     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25146     Document Type: Article

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