MR Measurement of Visceral Fat: Assessment of Metabolic Syndrome

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  • TANAKA Shigeko
    Department of Radiology, Wakakusa Daiichi Hospital
  • YOSHIYAMA Minoru
    Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University
  • IMANISHI Yukihiro
    Department of Gastroenterology, Wakakusa Daiichi Hospital
  • NAKAHIRA Koichi
    Section of Radiology, Division of Medical Technologies, Wakakusa Daiichi Hospital
  • HANAKI Takashi
    Section of Radiology, Division of Medical Technologies, Wakakusa Daiichi Hospital
  • NAITO Yukari
    Department of Radiology, Wakakusa Daiichi Hospital
  • IMAI Mizue
    Section of Radiology, Division of Medical Technologies, Wakakusa Daiichi Hospital
  • TANAKA Masahiro
    Department of Radiology, Osaka City General Hospital

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Abstract

One diagnostic criterion for metabolic syndrome is obesity from the accumulation of visceral fat; others include abdominal circumference and area of visceral fat as measured by computed tomography (CT) at the umbilical level. We evaluated visceral fat using frequency-selective excitation magnetic resonance (MR) imaging SPAIR (spectral attenuation with inversion recovery) water suppression THRIVE (3D T1-high resolution isotropic volume examination). Fifty of 70 slices with 2-mm interval were used to render and measure volume of visceral fat ranging within 10 cm of the umbilicus; the area of visceral fat at the umbilical level was also measured. Imaging was completed using breath hold within 14 s. Image processing was easier than using CT.<br>

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