Standardized approach for ROI-based measurements of proton density fat fraction and r2 in the liver

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 592-603

  Campo, Camilo A ^a   Hernando, Diego ^a,b   Schubert, Tilman ^a,c   Bookwalter, Candice A ^a,d   Van Pay, Andrew J ^a   Reeder, Scott B ^a,b,e  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver disease; MRI; Proton density fat fraction; R2; ROI

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRON OVERLOAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85028063885     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.17.17812     Document Type: Article

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