Abstract #3622
Time-effective MRI-based quantification of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in morbidly adipose patients
Nicolas Linder 1,2 , Alexander Schaudinn 1,2 , Nikita Garnov 1,2 , Tatjana Schtz 2 , Veronika Peter 2 , Arne Dietrich 2,3 , Thomas Kahn 1 , and Harald Busse 1
1
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Department, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig,
Saxony, Germany,
2
IFB
Adipositas Diseases, University Medicine Leipzig,
Saxony, Germany,
3
Department
of Visceral-, Transplantation-, Thorax- and Vascular
Surgery, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Saxony,
Germany
MRI quantification of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) has
promising applications in risk assessment and therapy
monitoring of obesity-related diseases. The aim was to
evaluate whether an accelerated, partial data analysis
can be used to estimate total VAT in 70 morbidly obese
patients. As observed in less obese patients,
single-slice volume estimates at vertebral disc levels
L3/4 (female) and L1/2 (male) were good predictors for
total VAT volume. Analysis of 5 slices was found to be
slightly beneficial in both groups. Small volume changes
occurring under minor interventions like diets still
seem to require a complete analysis of all (here 37)
slices.
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