Fat may affect magnetic resonance signal intensity and brain tissue volumes

Anderson Mon; Christoph Abé; Timothy C. Durazzo; Dieter J. Meyerhoff

doi:10.1016/j.orcp.2015.07.009

Fat may affect magnetic resonance signal intensity and brain tissue volumes

Anderson Mon, Christoph Abé, Timothy C. Durazzo, Dieter J. Meyerhoff

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Abstract

Obesity/overweight is reported to affect MR-measured brain tissue volume and white matter (WM) signal intensity. This study investigated possible effects of fat on these measures, using pig fat on three participants at a 4 T magnet. Grey matter volumes in the presence of fat were lower than baseline measures. Total WM volumes in the presence of fat were higher than baseline measures. WM hypo-intensities on T1-weighted images were higher in the presence of fat than baseline measures. Therefore physical effects of head fat of obese/overweight individual may at least, partly contribute to the association of obesity/overweight with MR structural measures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	211-215
Number of pages	5
Journal	Obesity Research and Clinical Practice
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2015.07.009
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Fat
Grey matter
Magnetic resonance signal hypo-intensity
Obesity
White matter

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Fat may affect magnetic resonance signal intensity and brain tissue volumes

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