Abstract #2591

Detection of Active Brown Adipose Tissue Using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM)

Cuiling Zhu¹, Yihao Guo², Wenbin Si², Yingjie Mei³, Qiaoling Zhong¹, Lijie Zhong¹, Yanqiu Feng², and Xiaodong Zhang¹

¹Department of Radiology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, ²School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, ³Philips Healthcare, Guangzhou, China

Activated and inactivated brown adipose tissue showed some differences in function, protein expression and intracellular components, which remained non-invasive MRI testing possible. Despite its strong relevance with iron contents, QSM detect BAT in large lipid depots remains a major challenge. This work proposes a method that use values of QSM and (fat fraction) FF to quantitatively distinguish the two groups in brown adipose tissue depot in vivo, histological validation is then performed. Preliminary results are broadly in line with expectation.

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