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ea0031p221 | Obesity, diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2013

Brown adipose tissue identification in an adult human using IDEAL MRI

Reddy Narendra , Jones Terence , Wayte Sarah , Adesanya Oludolapo , Yeo Yen , Randeva Harpal , Kumar Sudhesh , Hutchinson Charles , Barber Tom

Aim: Manipulation of human brown adipose tissue (BAT) represents a novel therapeutic option for diabesity. The aim of our study was to develop and test a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based method to identify human BAT and delineate it from white adipose tissue (WAT), and validate it by providing immunohistochemical confirmation.Methods: Initial scanning with 18F-FDG PET–CT radiotracer uptake on a 25-year-old Caucasian female wit...