## Abstract ## Purpose To determine normative R2\* values in the liver and heart at 3T, and establish the relationship between R2\* at 3T and 1.5T over a range of tissue iron concentrations. ## Materials and Methods A total of 20 healthy control subjects and 14 transfusionβdependent patients wer
Feasibility, reproducibility, and reliability for the T*2 iron evaluation at 3 T in comparison with 1.5 T
β Scribed by Antonella Meloni; Vincenzo Positano; Petra Keilberg; Daniele De Marchi; Pasquale Pepe; Angelo Zuccarelli; Saveria Campisi; Maria Antonietta Romeo; Tommaso Casini; Pier Paolo Bitti; Calogera Gerardi; Maria Eliana Lai; Basilia Piraino; Gaetano Giuffrida; Giuseppina Secchi; Massimo Midiri; Massimo Lombardi; Alessia Pepe
- Book ID
- 112147414
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 630 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0740-3194
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