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Canine body composition quantification using 3 tesla fat–water MRI
Author(s) -
Gifford Aliya,
Kullberg Joel,
Berglund Johan,
Malmberg Filip,
Coate Katie C.,
Williams Phillip E.,
Cherrington Alan D.,
Avison Malcolm J.,
Welch E. Brian
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.24701
Subject(s) - adipose tissue , context (archaeology) , lean body mass , lean tissue , concordance correlation coefficient , concordance , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , soft tissue , nuclear medicine , anatomy , pathology , radiology , biology , body weight , mathematics , paleontology , statistics
Purpose To test the hypothesis that a whole‐body fat–water MRI (FWMRI) protocol acquired at 3 Tesla combined with semi‐automated image analysis techniques enables precise volume and mass quantification of adipose, lean, and bone tissue depots that agree with static scale mass and scale mass changes in the context of a longitudinal study of large‐breed dogs placed on an obesogenic high‐fat, high‐fructose diet. Materials and Methods Six healthy adult male dogs were scanned twice, at weeks 0 (baseline) and 4, of the dietary regiment. FWMRI‐derived volumes of adipose tissue (total, visceral, and subcutaneous), lean tissue, and cortical bone were quantified using a semi‐automated approach. Volumes were converted to masses using published tissue densities. Results FWMRI‐derived total mass corresponds with scale mass with a concordance correlation coefficient of 0.931 (95% confidence interval = [0.813, 0.975]), and slope and intercept values of 1.12 and −2.23 kg, respectively. Visceral, subcutaneous and total adipose tissue masses increased significantly from weeks 0 to 4, while neither cortical bone nor lean tissue masses changed significantly. This is evidenced by a mean percent change of 70.2% for visceral, 67.0% for subcutaneous, and 67.1% for total adipose tissue. Conclusion FWMRI can precisely quantify and map body composition with respect to adipose, lean, and bone tissue depots. The described approach provides a valuable tool to examine the role of distinct tissue depots in an established animal model of human metabolic disease. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2014;39:485–491 . © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc .