Measuring liver fat fraction with complex-based chemical shift MRI: the effect of simplified sampling protocols on accuracy

Abstract Background The assessment of liver percentage fat fraction (%FF) using proton density fat fraction sequences is becoming increasingly accessible. Previous studies have tended to use multiple small ROIs that focus on Couinaud segments. In an effort to simplify day-to-day analysis, this study...

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Main Authors: Alexander J. Procter, Julia Y. Sun, Paul N. Malcolm, Andoni P. Toms
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Imaging
Subjects:
ROI
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12880-019-0311-y