MRI T2* imaging for assessment of liver iron overload: study of different data analysis approaches.

CONCLUSION: Various factors associated with the adopted T2* calculation method affect the resulting measurement. In this study, the pixel-by-pixel calculation method and single-exponential model provided the most accurate results based on the conducted phantom and in vivo MRI experiments. PMID: 26861202 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Acta Radiologica - February 9, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Ibrahim EH, Khalifa AM, Eldaly AK Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research