236
Participants
Start Date
April 6, 2022
Primary Completion Date
April 30, 2026
Study Completion Date
April 30, 2026
MRI for pancreatic fat and liver fat quantitation
MR imaging would be performed using a 3.0 T scanner (Achieva X series, Philips Healthcare, Best, The Netherlands) with a 16-channel SENSE-XL-Torso array coil. 3D spoiled chemical-shift water-fat mDixon sequence (TR = 5.7 ms, first TE/echo spacing = 1.2-1.4 (ms)/1.0-1.2 (ms), number of echoes = 6, flip angle = 3°, SENSE acceleration = 2, a breath hold technique would be employed to acquire co-registered water, fat, fat-fraction and T2\* image series and would be reconstructed with slice thickness/number of slices = 3.0 mm/50. The field of view (FOV) covered the upper abdomen, i.e. region from the dome of the diaphragm to the iliac crest covering the entire extent of the liver and pancreas. Image reconstruction would be completed online using Philips mDixon product implementation with the multi-peak spectral model of fat to increase accuracy and sensitivity.
RECRUITING
Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin
Chinese University of Hong Kong
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