Abstract
Abstract
Background
The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent the whole volumes of abdominal subcutaneous (ASAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) of patients with obesity can be predicted by using data of one body half only. Such a workaround has already been reported for dual-energy x-ray absorption (DEXA) scans and becomes feasible whenever the field of view of an imaging technique is not large enough.
Methods
Full-body abdominal MRI data of 26 patients from an obesity treatment center (13 females and 13 males, BMI range 30.8–41.2 kg/m2, 32.6–61.5 years old) were used as reference (REF). MRI was performed with IRB approval on a clinical 1.5 T MRI (Achieva dStream, Philips Healthcare, Best, Netherlands). Segmentation of adipose tissue was performed with a custom-made Matlab software tool. Statistical measures of agreement were the coefficient of determination R2 of a linear fit.
Results
Mean ASATREF was 12,976 (7812–24,161) cm3 and mean VATREF was 4068 (1137–7518) cm3. Mean half-body volumes relative to the whole-body values were 50.8% (48.2–53.7%) for ASATL and 49.2% (46.3–51.8%) for ASATR. Corresponding volume fractions were 56.4% (51.4–65.9%) for VATL and 43.6% (34.1–48.6%) for VATR. Correlations of ASATREF with ASATL as well as with ASATR were both excellent (R2 > 0.99, p < 0.01). Corresponding correlations of VATREF were marginally lower (R2 = 0.98 for VATL, p < 0.01, and R2 = 0.97 for VATR, p < 0.01).
Conclusions
In conclusion, abdominal fat volumes can be reliably assessed by half-body MRI data, in particular the subcutaneous fat compartment.
Funder
Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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