Quantification of Liver Fat Content: Comparison of Triple-Echo Chemical Shift Gradient-Echo Imaging and in Vivo Proton MR Spectroscopy

• Published in: Radiology Vol. 250; no. 1; pp. 95 - 102
• Main Authors: Guiu, Boris, Petit, Jean-Michel, Loffroy, Romaric, Ben Salem, Douraied, Aho, Serge, Masson, David, Hillon, Patrick, Krause, Denis, Cercueil, Jean-Pierre
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oak Brook, IL Radiological Society of North America 01.01.2009
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnosis; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - pathology; Echo-Planar Imaging; Echo-Planar Imaging - methods; Fatty Liver; Fatty Liver - diagnosis; Fatty Liver - pathology; Female; Humans; Image Enhancement; Image Enhancement - methods; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Life Sciences; Liver; Liver - pathology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy - methods; Male; Mathematical Computing; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Software; In vivo; Nuclear medicine; Liver; Fat; Proton; Radiology; NMR spectrometry; Comparative study; Quantitative analysis

To validate a triple-echo gradient-echo sequence for measuring the fat content of the liver, by using hydrogen 1((1)H) magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy as the reference standard. This prospective study was approved by the appropriate ethics committee, and written informed consent was obtained fr...