Rosa Tamara Branca1,
Le Zhang2, Christian White1, Ting He1
1Physics
and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC,
United States; 2Material Science, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
In vivo temperature measurement of fatty tissues by proton MR is notoriously challenging. Here we demonstrate in vivo temperature measurement by HP Xenon MR. We also show the possibility to directly measure in real time thermogenesis by brown adipose tissue, a tissue which has recently become the focus of much research attention due to its implication in the development of human obesity and type 2 diabetes.