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Whole-body PET/MRI of Pediatric Patients: The Details That Matter
Published on: December 19, 2017
[Whole-body MRI in the study of health in Pomerania]
1Institut für Community Medicine und Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie und Neuroradiologie, Klinikum der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Deutschland. puls@uni-greifswald.de
Abstract:
Population-based whole-body MRI examinations have been evaluated for the first time within the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP). This ongoing cohort study investigates associations of overweight (57.9% of the female and 74.1% of the male population) and obesity (25.1% and 26.0%, respectively) with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in a population with decreased life expectancy compared to the total German average. Whole-body MRI offers the possibility to evaluate parameters, such as the amount of visceral and liver fat and can contribute to further conclusions on these common diseases.
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