Cargando…

Improved R2* liver iron concentration assessment using a novel fuzzy c-mean clustering scheme

BACKGROUND: In thalassemia patients, R2* liver iron concentration (LIC) measurement is a common clinical tool for assessing iron overload and for determining necessary chelator dose and evaluating its efficacy. Despite the importance of accurate LIC measurement, existing methods suffer from LIC vari...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Saiviroonporn, Pairash, Viprakasit, Vip, Krittayaphong, Rungroj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26530825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12880-015-0097-5