MRI of Obesity & Metabolic Dysfunction
Weekend Course
ORGANIZERS: Jonathan Dillman, Andrew Trout
Sunday, 11 May 2025
316C
07:45 -
11:45
Moderators: Kim Cecil & Scott Reeder
Skill Level: Basic to Advanced
Session Number: WE-19
No CME/CE Credit
Session Number: WE-19
Overview
The purpose of this session is to review the role of imaging in evaluating obesity and associated metabolic dysfunction across the body in both children and adults. The healthcare and societal costs as well as associated complications will be presented.
Target Audience
This session will be of interest to trainees, scientists, and clinicians that care for obese patients and that perform research in the imaging of obesity, metabolic dysfunction, and related complications.
Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
• Describe the impact of obesity and associated metabolic dysfunction on society as well as the human body as a whole;
• Describe the role of imaging on the diagnosis and follow-up of obesity and metabolic dysfunction and associated disorders in children and adults; and
• Employ quantitative MRI methods for evaluating patients with obesity and associated metabolic dysfunction.
| 07:45 | | Impact & Imaging of Obesity/Metabolic Dysfunction on the Pancreas/Kidneys Octavia Bane |
| 08:15 | | Impact & Imaging of Obesity/Metabolic Dysfunction on the Cardiovascular System Jadranka Stojanovska |
| 08:45 | | Impact & Imaging of Obesity/Metabolic Dysfunction on the Brain - Structure & Function TBD |
| 09:15 | | Impact & Imaging of Obesity/Metabolic Dysfunction on the Musculoskeletal System TBD |
| 09:45 | | Break & Meet the Teachers |
| 10:15 | | Obesity, Imaging & Children Elizabeth Tang |
| 10:45 |  | Impact & Imaging of Obesity/Metabolic Dysfunction on the Liver Fritz Schick Keywords: Body: Liver, Body: Endocrine, Image acquisition: Quantification The modern lifestyle with limited exercise and an abundance of high-calorie food leads to obesity and unfavourable changes in the metabolic situation. The altered metabolism results in frequent cases with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The liver is involved in the pathological processes and shows increasing fat deposits in the hepatocytes. MRI can quantify the fat content and thus estimate the risk of secondary diseases. These secondary diseases can affect many organ systems, but the liver itself can also be altered by inflammatory processes. Inflammatory activity and fibrosis of the liver may also be assessed non-invasively by MRI methods. |
| 11:15 | | Causes, Prevalence & Obesity & Metabolic Dysfunction Stefan Ruschke |