Magnetic resonance imaging techniques for brown adipose tissue detection

M Wu, D Junker, RT Branca… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) methods
can non-invasively assess brown adipose tissue (BAT) structure and function. Recently, MRI …

Molecular imaging of brown adipose tissue mass

J Yang, H Zhang, K Parhat, H Xu, M Li, X Wang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Brown adipose tissue (BAT), a uniquely thermogenic tissue that plays an important role in
metabolism and energy expenditure, has recently become a revived target in the fight …

Cold exposure induces dynamic, heterogeneous alterations in human brown adipose tissue lipid content

CL Coolbaugh, BM Damon, EC Bush, EB Welch… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Brown adipose tissue undergoes a dynamic, heterogeneous response to cold exposure that
can include the simultaneous synthesis, uptake, and oxidation of fatty acids. The purpose of …

Measuring brown fat using MRI and implications in the metabolic syndrome

Q Yu, S Huang, TT Xu, YC Wang… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metabolic syndrome is presently becoming a global health concern. Brown adipose tissue
(BAT) has the potential for managing the risk factors of metabolic syndrome by adjusting …

Measuring large lipid droplet sizes by probing restricted lipid diffusion effects with diffusion‐weighted MRS at 3T

D Weidlich, J Honecker, O Gmach, M Wu… - Magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The in vivo probing of restricted diffusion effects in large lipid droplets on a clinical
MR scanner remains a major challenge due to the need for high b‐values and long diffusion …

Dynamic contrast‐enhanced MRI of brown and beige adipose tissues

J Yaligar, SK Verma, V Gopalan… - Magnetic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The vascular blood flow in brown adipose tissue (BAT) is important for handling
triglyceride clearance, increased blood flow and oxygenation. We used dynamic contrast …

[HTML][HTML] Use of multiplied, added, subtracted and/or fiTted inversion recovery (MASTIR) pulse sequences

YJ Ma, S Fan, H Shao, J Du… - … Imaging in Medicine …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The group of Multiplied, Added, Subtracted and/or fiTted Inversion Recovery
(MASTIR) pulse sequences in which usually two or more inversion recovery (IR) images of …

Image registration and mutual thresholding enable low interimage variability across dynamic MRI measurements of supraclavicular brown adipose tissue during mild …

ASD Sardjoe Mishre, B Martinez‐Tellez… - Magnetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Activated brown adipose tissue (BAT) enhances lipid catabolism and improves
cardiometabolic health. Quantitative MRI of the fat fraction (FF) of supraclavicular BAT …

A systematic review of imaging studies of human brown adipose tissue

P Santhanam, SP Rowe, LB Solnes… - Annals of the New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is involved in energy dissipation and has been linked to weight
loss, insulin sensitivity, and reduced risk of atherosclerotic disease. BAT is found most often …

Evaluation of brown adipose tissue with intermolecular double‐quantum coherence magnetic resonance spectroscopy at 3.0 T

L Lin, Q Zhang, N Wang, K Jiang, Y Lin… - NMR in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the current study, we propose a single‐voxel (SV) magnetic resonance spectroscopy
(MRS) pulse sequence, based on intermolecular double‐quantum coherence (iDQC), for in …