Correlation between multi-echo ultrashort TE and mDIXON-quant imaging for R2* mapping in liver cirrhosis
Qiang Wei1, Nan Wang1, Ailian Liu1, Qingwei Song1, Renwang Pu1, Lihua Chen1, Jiazheng Wang2, and Liangjie Lin2
1The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China, 2Philips Healthcare, Dalian, China
The
R2* values measured by ultrashort TE and mDIXON-quant sequences in
patients with liver cirrhosis show a good agreement (r =0.767, P=0.000).
Table 2 R2* values
for liver measured by UTE and mDIXON-quant
by
two observers
Figure 2. correlation between R2* values measured by UTE and
mDIXON-Quant.