Quantification of liver fat in the presence of iron overload

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 428-439

  Horng, Debra E ^a,b   Hernando, Diego ^b   Reeder, Scott B ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical shift encoded magnetic resonance imaging; iron overload; liver fat

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIVER; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; CHILD; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRON OVERLOAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84978879621     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.25382     Document Type: Article

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