MR measurement of visceral fat: assessment of metabolic syndrome.
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.
Tanaka
Shigeko
S
Department of Radiology, Wakakusa Daiichi Hospital, and Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Japan. shigekot@maia.eonet.ne.jp
Yoshiyama
Minoru
M
Imanishi
Yukihiro
Y
Nakahira
Koichi
K
Hanaki
Takashi
T
Naito
Yukari
Y
Imai
Mizue
M
Tanaka
Masahiro
M
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D050154:Adiposity; D000328:Adult; D001824:Body Constitution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009929:Organ Size; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000473:pathology*; D014781:Viscera / Q000473:pathology