Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 363-371 , April 2010

Assessment of cardiac iron by MRI susceptometry and R2* in patients with thalassemia

  • Zhiyue J. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Children's Medical Center Dallas, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235, USA. Tel.: +1 214 456 1479; fax: +1 214 456 6015.
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  • Roland Fischer

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA 94609, USA
    • University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Zili Chu

      Affiliations

    • Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • ,
  • Donald H. Mahoney Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • ,
  • Brigitta U. Mueller

      Affiliations

    • Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • ,
  • Raja Muthupillai

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Philips Medical Systems, Cleveland, OH 44143, USA
    • St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • ,
  • Ellen B. James

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA 94609, USA
    • ,
  • Rajesh Krishnamurthy

      Affiliations

    • Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • ,
  • Taylor Chung

      Affiliations

    • Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA 94609, USA
    • ,
  • Eric Padua

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA 94609, USA
    • ,
  • Elliott Vichinsky

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA 94609, USA
    • ,
  • Paul Harmatz

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA 94609, USA

Received 5 February 2009 ,Revised 7 July 2009 ,Accepted 6 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.12.001

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 363-371 , April 2010

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