Academic articles showing the FerriScan technique and LIC measurement with a precision better than that of liver biopsy and serum ferritin. In addition, biopsy for LIC measurement is replaced by FerriScan LIC as recommended in the guidelines.
Clark, P.R., W. Chua-anusorn, and T.G. St Pierre, Bi-exponential proton transverse relaxation rate (R-2) image analysis using RF field intensity-weighted spin density projection: potential for R-2 measurement of iron-loaded liver. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2003. 21(5): p. 519-530.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12878262
St Pierre, T.G., et al., Multicenter validation of spin-density projection-assisted R2-MRI for the noninvasive measurement of liver iron concentration. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2014. 71: p. 2215–2223.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23821350
Angelucci, E., Another Step Forward in Iron Chelation Therapy. Acta Haematologica, 2015. 134(4): p. 231-232.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26138742
Timothy G. St. Pierre, Paul R. Clark, Wanida Chua-anusorn, Adam J. Fleming, Gary P. Jeffrey, John K. Olynyk, Pensri Pootrakul, Erin Robins, and Robert Lindeman Noninvasive measurement and imaging of liver iron concentrations using proton magnetic resonance Blood, 2005 Jan 15; 105(2): p. 855-61