TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of MRI in understanding the underlying mechanisms in obesity associated diseases
AU - Mitra, Sunanda
AU - Fernandez-Del-Valle, Maria
AU - Hill, Jason E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - Obesity and its possible association with diseases including diabetes and cardiovascular diseases have been studied for decades for its impact on healthcare. Recent studies clearly indicate the need for developing accurate and reproducible methodologies for assessing body fat content and distribution. Body fat distribution plays a significant role in developing an insight in the underlying mechanisms in which adipose tissue is linked with various diseases. Among imaging technologies including computerized axial tomography (CAT or CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), MRI and MRS seem to be the best emerging techniques and together are being considered as the gold standard for body fat content and distribution. This paper reviews studies up to the present time involving different methodologies of these two emerging technologies and presents the basic concepts of MRI and MRS with required novel image analysis techniques in accurate, quantitative, and direct assessment of body fat content and distribution. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Quality in Diabetes/Obesity and Critical Illness Spectrum of Diseases — edited by P. Hemachandra Reddy.
AB - Obesity and its possible association with diseases including diabetes and cardiovascular diseases have been studied for decades for its impact on healthcare. Recent studies clearly indicate the need for developing accurate and reproducible methodologies for assessing body fat content and distribution. Body fat distribution plays a significant role in developing an insight in the underlying mechanisms in which adipose tissue is linked with various diseases. Among imaging technologies including computerized axial tomography (CAT or CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), MRI and MRS seem to be the best emerging techniques and together are being considered as the gold standard for body fat content and distribution. This paper reviews studies up to the present time involving different methodologies of these two emerging technologies and presents the basic concepts of MRI and MRS with required novel image analysis techniques in accurate, quantitative, and direct assessment of body fat content and distribution. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Quality in Diabetes/Obesity and Critical Illness Spectrum of Diseases — edited by P. Hemachandra Reddy.
KW - Adipose tissue
KW - Ectopic fat
KW - Image analysis
KW - MRI
KW - Obesity assessment
KW - Proton MR spectroscopy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bbadis.2016.09.008
DO - 10.1016/j.bbadis.2016.09.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 27639834
AN - SCOPUS:85000950789
SN - 0925-4439
VL - 1863
SP - 1115
EP - 1131
JO - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease
JF - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease
IS - 5
ER -