Dynamic processes such as brown adipose tissue (BAT) activation and white adipose tissue (WAT) beiging have been shown to change triglyceride composition. Therefore, accurate spatial quantification of triglyceride composition is important for the monitoring of these processes. Presented here is an evaluation of the performance of various fat spectral models on the quantification of triglyceride composition using chemical shift encoded magnetic resonance imaging (CSE-MRI). Variations as large as 45% and less than 2.82% are observed in the average estimations of triglyceride composition and proton density fat fraction (PDFF), respectively. Estimations obtained using a material specific model correlate better with spectroscopy estimations than other examined models.
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