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MEGRE: A New Method for Quantitative Fat Mapping: MRI/Histologic Correlation

Conventional In/Out of Phase: Imaging demonstrates diffuse drop of signal, consistent with fatty infiltration. However we are not able to quantify fat with this method alone. Conventional In/Out of Phase:
Imaging demonstrates diffuse drop of signal, consistent with fatty infiltration. However we are not able to quantify fat with this method alone.
CT Guided Right Lobe Biopsy: Pathology: Mild (5-33%) Steatosis.
CT Guided Right Lobe Biopsy: Pathology: Mild (5-33%) Steatosis.
New MEGRE sequence produces a Fat Percentage Map: In the location of the liver biopsy, this demonstrates 12.1 % Fat content.
New MEGRE sequence produces a Fat Percentage Map: In the location of the liver biopsy, this demonstrates 12.1 % Fat content.



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