The role of diffusion-weighted imaging in prediction liver iron concentration in beta-thalassaemia patients.

Suha AkpinarGuliz YilmazNail BulakbasiMurat Kocaoglu

Published in: Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology (2017)

Diffusion-weighted imaging is sensitive to tissue changes as a result of iron accumulation and may be used to predict liver iron overload in β-thalassaemia major patients with a high sensitivity and specificity.

Keyphrases

diffusion weighted imaging
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
iron deficiency
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
magnetic resonance
patient reported
structural basis