In Vivo Biochemical and Histological Validation of Proton Density Fat Fraction as a Quantitative Biomarker of Hepatic Steatosis

¹Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States, ²Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ³Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States, ⁴Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States, ⁵Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States, ⁶Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, ⁷Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, ⁸Pathology, University of Wisconsin, ⁹San Diego Super Computer Center, University of California, San Diego, ¹⁰Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, ¹¹Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States, ¹²Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ¹³Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, ¹⁴Radiology, University of California, San Diego