PURPOSE: To validate the utility and performance of a T 2 correction method for hepatic fat quantification in an animal model of both steatosis and iron overload. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Mice with low (n = 6), medium (n = 6), and high (n = 8) levels of steatosis were sedated and imaged using a chemical shift-based fat-water separation method to obtain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) fat-fraction measurements. Imaging was performed before and after each of two superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) injections to create hepatic iron overload. Fat-fraction maps were reconstructed with and without T 2 correction. Fat-fraction with and without T 2 correction and T 2 measurements were compared after each injection. Liver tissue was harvested and imaging results were compared to triglyceride extraction and histology grading. RESULTS: Excellent correlation was seen between MRI fat-fraction and tissue-based fat quantification. Injections of SPIOs led to increases in R 2 (=1/T 2). Measured fat-fraction was unaffected by the presence of iron when T 2 correction was used, whereas measured fat-fraction dramatically increased without T 2 correction. CONCLUSION: Hepatic fat-fraction measured using a T 2-corrected chemical shift-based fat-water separation method was validated in an animal model of steatosis and iron overload. T 2 correction enables robust fat-fraction estimation in both the presence and absence of iron, and is necessary for accurate hepatic fat quantification.
PURPOSE: To validate the utility and performance of a T 2 correction method for hepatic fat quantification in an animal model of both steatosis and iron overload. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Mice with low (n = 6), medium (n = 6), and high (n = 8) levels of steatosis were sedated and imaged using a chemical shift-based fat-water separation method to obtain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) fat-fraction measurements. Imaging was performed before and after each of two superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) injections to create hepatic iron overload. Fat-fraction maps were reconstructed with and without T 2 correction. Fat-fraction with and without T 2 correction and T 2 measurements were compared after each injection. Liver tissue was harvested and imaging results were compared to triglyceride extraction and histology grading. RESULTS: Excellent correlation was seen between MRI fat-fraction and tissue-based fat quantification. Injections of SPIOs led to increases in R 2 (=1/T 2). Measured fat-fraction was unaffected by the presence of iron when T 2 correction was used, whereas measured fat-fraction dramatically increased without T 2 correction. CONCLUSION: Hepatic fat-fraction measured using a T 2-corrected chemical shift-based fat-water separation method was validated in an animal model of steatosis and iron overload. T 2 correction enables robust fat-fraction estimation in both the presence and absence of iron, and is necessary for accurate hepatic fat quantification.
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