Feasibility and reproducibility of echo planar spectroscopic imaging on the quantification of hepatic fat.

1H-MRS is widely regarded as the most accurate noninvasive method to quantify hepatic fat content (HFC). When practical period of breath holding, and acquisition of HFC over multiple liver areas is considered, a fast MR spectroscopic imaging technique is desired. The aim of this study is to examine...

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Main Authors: Yi-Ru Lin, Jian-Jia Chiu, Shang-Yueh Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4267781?pdf=render