Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
-
J Magn Reson Imaging · Dec 2011
Impact of partial volume effects on visceral adipose tissue quantification using MRI.
To quantitatively estimate the impact of partial volume effects on visceral adipose tissue (VAT) quantification using typical resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). ⋯ PV fat contributes a significant amount of fat to fat measurements on typical spatial resolution MRI on normal and overweight subjects. The relative PV fat contribution is markedly higher in slimmer patients. Inclusion of this portion of the adipose tissue will increase overall accuracy and decrease variability of VAT quantification using MRI.