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Abstract #0399

Fully Automated, User-Independent "screening" of the Liver for Diffuse Steatosis/iron Overload Using a Two-Point Dixon Pulse Sequence

Mustafa Rifaat Bashir1, Xiaodong Zhong2, Brian Marshall Dale3, Daniel Tobias Boll1, Elmar Max Merkle1

1Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States; 2Siemens Medical Solutions, Atlanta, GA, United States; 3Siemens Medical Solutions, Cary, NC, United States

 

Keywords

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