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Quantification of hepatic steatosis with MRI: The effects of accurate fat spectral modeling

✍ Scribed by Scott B. Reeder; Philip M. Robson; Huanzhou Yu; Ann Shimakawa; Catherine DG Hines; Charles A. McKenzie; Jean H. Brittain

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
376 KB
Volume
29
Category
Article
ISSN
1053-1807

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Abstract

Purpose

To develop a chemical‐shift–based imaging method for fat quantification that accounts for the complex spectrum of fat, and to compare this method with MR spectroscopy (MRS). Quantitative noninvasive biomarkers of hepatic steatosis are urgently needed for the diagnosis and management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Materials and Methods

Hepatic steatosis was measured with “fat‐fraction” images in 31 patients using a multiecho chemical‐shift–based water‐fat separation method at 1.5T. Fat‐fraction images were reconstructed using a conventional signal model that considers fat as a single peak at –210 Hz relative to water (“single peak” reconstruction). Fat‐fraction images were also reconstructed from the same source images using two methods that account for the complex spectrum of fat; precalibrated and self‐calibrated “multipeak” reconstruction. Single‐voxel MRS that was coregistered with imaging was performed for comparison.

Results

Imaging and MRS demonstrated excellent correlation with single peak reconstruction (r^2^ = 0.91), precalibrated multipeak reconstruction (r^2^ = 0.94), and self‐calibrated multipeak reconstruction (r^2^ = 0.91). However, precalibrated multipeak reconstruction demonstrated the best agreement with MRS, with a slope statistically equivalent to 1 (0.96 ± 0.04; P = 0.4), compared to self‐calibrated multipeak reconstruction (0.83 ± 0.05, P = 0.001) and single‐peak reconstruction (0.67 ± 0.04, P < 0.001).

Conclusion

Accurate spectral modeling is necessary for accurate quantification of hepatic steatosis with MRI. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2009;29:1332–1339. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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