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Research progress of brown adipose tissue detection based on magnetic resonance imaging
ZHU Cuiling  ZHANG Xiaodong 

Cite this article as: Zhu CL, Zhang XD. Research progress of brown adipose tissue detection based on magnetic resonance imaging. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2020, 11(9): 829-832. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2020.09.026.


[Abstract] The prevalence of metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes is high. Brown adipose tissue can induce endogenous energy consumption in the body, thus becoming one of the potential diagnostic targets for such metabolic diseases. Therefore, accurate detection and quantitative analysis of brown adipose tissue are of great significance for the treatment of metabolic diseases such as obesity. There are different methods for detecting brown adipose tissue, including PET-CT, magnetic resonance imaging, indirect gas exchange temperature measurement, infrared temperature measurement, sympathetic tone measurement, and brown adipose tissue weighing. Magnetic resonance imaging technology is widely used in brown adipose tissue detection research due to its non-invasive, non-radiation, good soft tissue resolution, multi-parameter imaging, quantitative accuracy and the ability to detect inactive and active brown adipose tissue. This article reviews the MRI methods currently used for brown adipose tissue detection.
[Keywords] brown adipose tissue；white adipose tissue；magnetic resonance imaging；obesity

ZHU Cuiling Department of Radiology, the Third Affiliated Hospital, Southern Medical University (Academy of orthopedics• Guangdong), Guangzhou 510630, China

ZHANG Xiaodong* Department of Radiology, the Third Affiliated Hospital, Southern Medical University (Academy of orthopedics• Guangdong), Guangzhou 510630, China

*Correspondence to: Zhang XD, E-mail: ddautumn@126.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  This work was part of National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 81801653
Received  2019-12-29
Accepted  2019-07-16
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2020.09.026
Cite this article as: Zhu CL, Zhang XD. Research progress of brown adipose tissue detection based on magnetic resonance imaging. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2020, 11(9): 829-832. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2020.09.026.

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