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Abstract #4649

Hepatic Fat Quantification on 3T MRI Using a Dual-Flip Multi-Echo Sequence with MR Spectroscopy and Histopathologic Correlation

Hero K. Hussain1, Marko K. Ivancevic, Frank J. Londy, Susan Rohrer, Elif A. Oral, Barbara McKenna, Thomas L. Chenevert

1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States


The dual-flip multi-echo MRI method at 3T is reliable to measure hepatic fat. It correlates well with MRS and quantitative histopathologic measures, though unlike MRS, offers full-liver mapping of fat content and heterogeneity.