ea0031p221 | Obesity, diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | SFEBES2013
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...