Abstract #1648

Abdominal Fat-Water Separation in Mice

Amir Moussavi^1,2, Susanne Rauh³, Kristin Koetz¹, Stefan Krautwald⁴, and Susann Boretius^1,2

¹Funktionelle Bildgebung, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen, Germany, ²Molecular Imaging North Competence Center, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany, ³Department of Physics, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany, ⁴Department for Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Obesity is currently one of the most relevant health problems and analyzing body-fat-distribution is of great importance in obesity research. Using radial encoded spoiled FLASH, data sets covering the entire abdomen of mice were obtained at 3 different echo times without any gaiting technique. Fat and water signals were separated using the three-point Dixon method and using IDEAL in comparison. Based on this, the visceral and subcutaneous fat compartments were successfully segmented.

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