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.