Why the study?
Is multi-echo water-fat MRI a reliable method for quantifying brown adipose tissue depot volume and fat fraction in human neonates?
Population
Human neonates (n=22) and rodents (for initial validation)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May enable non-invasive neonatal BAT assessment; leaves open prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Is multi-echo water-fat MRI a reliable method for quantifying brown adipose tissue depot volume and fat fraction in human neonates?
Multi-echo water-fat MRI provides a reliable, non-invasive method for quantifying brown adipose tissue volume and fat fraction in human neonates.
Rasmussen et al. (2013) studied this question.
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