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Current status and progression of MRI quantitative research in brown adipose tissue
SHAO Shuying  ZHAO Jian 

Cite this article as: Shao SY, Zhao J. Current status and progression of MRI quantitative research in brown adipose tissue[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(6): 121-124. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.06.026.


[Abstract] With the improvement of people's living standards and changes in lifestyles, the incidence of obesity in adults and children has increased year by year, and obesity and its complications have become the main factors endangering human health. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) makes mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and uncoupling through the characteristic high expression of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) to convert chemical energy into heat energy. Recent studies have found that BAT is closely related to obesity-related metabolic diseases, which may provide new ideas and ways to treat obesity. At present, MRI quantitative BAT is still in the exploratory stage. Based on the introduction of BAT, the author reviews the MRI detection technology for quantitative analysis of BAT and the clinical application of BAT.
[Keywords] brown adipose tissue；white adipose tissue；magnetic resonance imaging；obesity

SHAO Shuying   ZHAO Jian*  

Department of Radiology, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, China

Zhao J, E-mail: zhaojiansohu@126.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

This work was part of Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No. H2020206548).
Received  2020-12-30
Accepted  2021-01-29
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.06.026
Cite this article as: Shao SY, Zhao J. Current status and progression of MRI quantitative research in brown adipose tissue[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2021, 12(6): 121-124. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2021.06.026.

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