Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
660-02-007 ISMRM Abstract

Quantifying pancreatic fat using a free-breathing Stack-of-Stars sequence in adults undergoing diet-induced weight loss

Primary: Body - Pancreas
Secondary: Contrast Mechanisms - Fat & Fat/Water Separation
660-02-007 · Water-Fat MRI · Thursday, 14 May, 9:25 AM–10:20 AM · Digital Posters Row A
Keywords: Contrast Mechanisms Data Analysis Pancreas Water-fat separation
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Philipp Braun 1, Christoph Zöllner1, Mingming Wu1,2, Selina Rupp1, Jonathan Stelter1, Anna Reik3, Hans Hauner3,4, Christina Holzapfel3,5, Daniela Junker1, Dimitrios Karampinos1,6,7
1Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine and Health, TUM University Hospital, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
2Department of Radiology, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
3Institute for Clinical Nutritional Medicine, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany
4Else Kröner-Fresenius Center for Nutritional Medicine, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany
5Department of Nutritional, Food and Consumer Sciences, Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany
6CIBM Center for BioMedical Imaging, Lausanne, Switzerland, Switzerland
7Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems and Methods, Lausanne, Switzerland
Presenting Author: Philipp Braun

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