Measuring visceral fat with water-selective suppression methods (SPIR, SPAIR) in patients with metabolic syndrome

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-175

  Tanaka, Shigeko ^a   Yoshiyama, Minoru ^b   Imanishi, Yukihiro ^a   Teragaki, Masakazu ^a   Kasayuki, Noriaki ^a   Shimizu, Naruhito ^a   Nakahira, Koichi ^a   Hanaki, Takashi ^a   Naito, Yukari ^a   Tanaka, Masahiro ^c   Inoue, Yuichi ^b  

^a Wakakusa Daiichi Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT; Metabolic syndrome; MRI; Visceral fat; Water suppression

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH JUICE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

CONTRAST MEDIA; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WATER;

EID: 39549122514     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.6.171     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Tanaka S, Yoshiyama M, Imanishi Y, et al. MR measurement of visceral fat: assessment of metabolic syndrome. Magn Reson Med Sci 2006; 5:207-210.
2. De Becker J, Rozijn T, Visser F, et al. Silicone only breast MRI using an inversion recovery TSE sequence with a B1 independent spectral selective water suppression prepulse (SPAIR). Proc Intl Soc Magn Reson Med 2005: 13:1858.