Accuracy of common proton density fat fraction thresholds for magnitude- and complex-based chemical shift-encoded MRI for assessing hepatic steatosis in patients with obesity.
Guilherme Moura CunhaTydus T ThaiGavin HamiltonYesenia CovarrubiasAlexandra SchleinMichael S MiddletonCurtis N WiensAlan McMillanRashmi AgniLuke M FunkGuilherme M CamposSantiago HorganGarth JacobsonTanya WolfsonAnthony GamstJeffrey B SchwimmerScott B ReederClaude B SirlinPublished in: Abdominal radiology (New York) (2021)
If independently validated, diagnostic thresholds of 5.4% and 14.7% could be adopted for both techniques for detecting and differentiating none to mild from moderate to severe steatosis, respectively, with high diagnostic accuracy.
Keyphrases
- insulin resistance
- contrast enhanced
- high fat diet induced
- adipose tissue
- magnetic resonance imaging
- metabolic syndrome
- high fat diet
- weight loss
- type diabetes
- high intensity
- early onset
- weight gain
- skeletal muscle
- diffusion weighted imaging
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance
- fatty acid
- body mass index
- electron transfer