Scott Brian Reeder1,2, Catherine D. Hines1,
Charles A. McKenzie3, Claude B. Sirlin4
1Radiology, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States; 2Medical Physics,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States; 3Medical
Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; 4Department
of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United
States
Hepatic steatosis is the abnormal accumulation of triglycerides within hepatocytes. Validation of quantitative MRS/MRI methods that measure hepatic fat content (proton density fat-fraction) requires the use of tissue-based reference standards. Liver biopsy, although invasive and limited by sampling variability is the most widely accepted reference standard. Tissue triglyceride extraction is an attractive alternative that accurately measures tissue fat concentration. Unfortunately, MRS/MRI-based metrics of fat concentration and tissue-based measured metrics are inherently different, complicating direct comparisons. The purpose of this e-poster is to describe commonly used metrics used to measure fat with histology, chemical extraction, and MRS/MRI.