HepaFatTM Scan for the non-invasive measurement of liver fat using magnetic resonance imaging

HepaFat Scan is a magnetic resonance (MR) image analysis product to facilitate the non invasive quantification of fat within the liver. The technology is based on gradient recalled echo imaging using the technique of Dixon et al. However, several novel changes have been made to this established method to enable HepaFat Scan to provide greater degrees of sensitivity and specificity in measuring liver fat than other available methods. This will be a retrospective study using existing demographic, clinical and MRI image data (obtained between March 2009 and December 2011 and available in institutional databases) from 10 subjects without liver disease (healthy controls) and up to eighty (80) patients with liver disease. Neither patients nor healthy control subjects are required to undergo any additional procedures or MRI scans.