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Abstract #1706

MR-based R2* and quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) of liver iron overload: comparison with SQUID-based biomagnetic liver susceptometry

Samir D. Sharma 1 , Bjoern P. Schoennagel 2 , Jin Yamamura 2 , Peter Nielsen 2 , Regine Grosse 2 , Hendrik Kooijman 3 , Roland Fischer 2,4 , Diego Hernando 1 , Gerhard Adam 2 , Peter Bannas 1 , and Scott R. Reeder 1,5

1 Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States, 2 University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, 3 Philips Healthcare, Hamburg, Germany, 4 UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA, United States, 5 Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States

Assessment of iron burden is essential for the longitudinal monitoring and treatment of patients with liver iron overload. The purpose of this work was to investigate the relationship between MR-based R2* and quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) with SQUID-based biomagnetic liver susceptometry in patients with suspected liver iron overload. Eleven patients were recruited for this study from a population undergoing cardiac MRI and liver susceptometry as part of their regular iron monitoring. The correlation between R2* and SQUID was found as R 2 = 0.88. Linear regression analysis between QSM and SQUID yielded: slope = 0.630.09, y-intercept = -0.380.23, R 2 = 0.87.

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