Quantification of pancreas fat by MRS and FATSAT with 3.0T MRI.

Yuan F¹, Song B, Tang HH, Chen GW, Li J, Xie Y.

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• ¹Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To test the values of MR spectroscopy （MRS） and fat saturation （FATSAT） in quantifying fat content in pancreas with 3.0T MR.

METHODS:

Thirty-five healthy volunteers were examined with 3 different MR techniques IP/OP, MRS, and FATSAT, to quantify pancreas fat content （FC）. The IP/OP result served as a reference standard.

RESULTS:

The IP/OP, FATSAT and MRS detected （8.2 +/- 2.0）%, （11.8 +/- 4.7）% and （8.8 +/- 4.6）% of pancreas fat content, respectively. The IP/OP result correlated with the MRS result （r = 0.809, P < 0.001）, but not with the FATSAT result （r = 0.311, P = 0.069）.

CONCLUSION:

For 3.0T MRI, MRS technique can quantify pancreas fat content, but FATSAT can not.

Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2010 Jan;41（1）:145-7, 157.

PMID: 20369491 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]