Assessing the accuracy of CMRtools software for diagnosing liver iron overload in thalassemia patients: influencing factors and optimisation strategies

BackgroundCMRtools is a software package that can be used to measure T2* values to diagnose liver iron overload, however, its accuracy in terms is affected by multiple factors, including goodness-of-fit (R2 value), the number of echo time (TE) images, and the liver iron concentration (LIC). To inves...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Medicine
Main Authors:	Chaotian Luo, Fei Peng, Fengming Xu, Cheng Tang, Yanyan Zhang, Chaojie Huang, Linlin Liang, Xiaojing Ning, Peng Peng
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-09-01
Subjects:	liver iron overload magnetic resonance imaging T2* relaxometry CMRtools thalassemia
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1424294/full