MR elastography in patients with suspected diffuse liver disease at 1.5T: Intraindividual comparison of gradient-recalled echo versus spin-echo echo-planar imaging sequences and investigation of potential confounding factors

•For diffuse liver disease, GRE- and SE-EPI-MRE stiffness values show good agreement at 1.5T.•The number of successful exams for different MRE sequences is mainly determined by iron content.•SE-EPI-MRE enables usable MRE results in patients with iron overload for R2* up to 563 1/s.•For patients with iron overload SE-EPI-MRE should be preferred.