Liver and visceral fat imaging protocols
BEST
To quantify and follow IHF% changes, we used H-MRS, a reliable tool for liver fat quantification (Abdominal fat depots were assessed at baseline and 18 months thereafter using 3 T MRI scans (Ingenia 3.0T, Philips Healthcare, Best, the Netherlands). The scanner utilized a 3D modified DIXON imaging technique without gaps (2 mm thickness and 2 mm of spacing), fast-low-angle shot sequence with a multi-echo two excitation pulse sequence for phase-sensitive encoding of fat and water signals (TR, 3.6 ms; TE1, 1.19 ms; TE2, 2.3 ms; FOV 520 × 440 × 80 mm