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Osteoporosis and Bone Marrow Adipose Tissue
Purpose of ReviewThis review focuses on the recent findings regarding bone marrow adipose tissue (BMAT) concerning bone health. We summarize the...
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Automated hepatic steatosis assessment on dual-energy CT-derived virtual non-contrast images through fully-automated 3D organ segmentation
PurposeTo evaluate the efficacy of volumetric CT attenuation-based parameters obtained through automated 3D organ segmentation on virtual...
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Association of abdominal adiposity, hepatic shear stiffness with subclinical left-ventricular remodeling evaluated by magnetic resonance in adults free of overt cardiovascular diseases: a prospective study
BackgroundAbdominal ectopic fat deposition and excess visceral fat depots in obesity may be related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) as both are...
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Cartilage lesion size and number of stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells strongly influenced the SVF implantation outcomes in patients with knee osteoarthritis
PurposeThis study evaluated outcomes in patients with knee osteoarthritis following stromal vascular fraction implantation and assessed the...
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Water-fat magnetic resonance imaging of adipose tissue compartments in the normal third trimester fetus
BackgroundAssessment of fetal adipose tissue gives information about the future metabolic health of an individual, with evidence that the development...
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Long-term inter-platform reproducibility, bias, and linearity of commercial PDFF MRI methods for fat quantification: a multi-center, multi-vendor phantom study
ObjectivesProton density fat fraction (PDFF) is a validated biomarker of tissue fat quantification. However, validation has been limited to...
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Liver fat quantification: where do we stand?
Excessive intracellular accumulation of triglycerides in the liver, or hepatic steatosis, is a highly prevalent condition affecting approximately one...
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Management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: from neurohormonal antagonists to empagliflozin
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a highly prevalent syndrome with multifaceted pathophysiology. All approaches to...
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Liver fibrosis is associated with left ventricular remodeling: insight into the liver-heart axis
ObjectiveIn nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), liver fibrosis is the strongest predictor of adverse outcomes. We sought to investigate the...
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Functional and Metabolic Imaging in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Promises, Challenges, and Clinical Utility
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is recognised as an increasingly prevalent, morbid and burdensome condition with a poor...
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Quantification of pancreatic proton density fat fraction in diabetic pigs using MR imaging and IDEAL-IQ sequence
BackgroundRecent studies have highlighted the correlation between diabetes and pancreatic fat infiltration. Notably, pancreatic fat content (PFC) is...
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Associations between adrenal gland volume and adipose tissue compartments – a whole body MRI study
BackgroundObesity is associated with alterations in the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis. Effects of glucocorticoids on adipose tissues...
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Effect of 12-week intermittent calorie restriction compared to standard of care in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a randomized controlled trial
BackgroundNonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease. NAFLD can result in various complications....
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Plant-based diets, genetic predisposition and risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
BackgroundDiets rich in plant-based foods are associated with lower risks of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), while the prospective...
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Sodium quantification in skeletal muscle: comparison between Cartesian gradient-echo and radial ultra-short echo time 23Na MRI techniques
BackgroundClinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies often use Cartesian gradient-echo (GRE) sequences with ~2-ms echo times (TEs) to monitor...
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Amide proton transfer (APT) and magnetization transfer (MT) in predicting short-term therapeutic outcome in nasopharyngeal carcinoma after chemoradiotherapy: a feasibility study of three-dimensional chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI
BackgroundThe three-dimensional chemical exchange saturation transfer (3D CEST) technique is a novel and promising magnetic resonance sequence;...
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MRI correlates of motoneuron loss in SMA
BackgroundMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is currently explored as supplemental tool to monitor disease progression and treatment response in...
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Association between fatty liver index and controlled attenuation parameters as markers of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and bone mineral density: observational and two-sample Mendelian randomization studies
SummaryPreviously observational studies did not draw a clear conclusion on the association between fatty liver diseases and bone mineral density...
