Hepatic Fat Quantification on 3T MRI Using a Dual-Flip Multi-Echo Sequence with MR Spectroscopy and Histopathologic Correlation

Hero K. Hussain¹, Marko K. Ivancevic, Frank J. Londy, Susan Rohrer, Elif A. Oral, Barbara McKenna, Thomas L. Chenevert

The dual-flip multi-echo MRI method at 3T is reliable to measure hepatic fat. It correlates well with MRS and quantitative histopathologic measures, though unlike MRS, offers full-liver mapping of fat content and heterogeneity.