Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
401-04-009 ISMRM Abstract

MRI/S reveals metabolic changes in muscle, liver, and fat after 3-month complex lifestyle intervention in obese adults

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Radka Klepochová1,2,3,4, Lucia Slobodová2, Ivica Just1,3, Petronela Forišek Paulová2, Oksana Mytiai2,5, Ali Amiri2, Petra Vadovičová2, Jana Kubíčková2, Daria Barková2, Patrik Konrády2, Viera Litváková2, Peter Minárik2, Pavol Szomolanyi4,6, Martin Krssak 1,3, Jozef Ukropec2, Barbara Ukropcová2,5
1Clinical Division of Internal Medicine III, Vienna, Austria
2Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Biomedical Research Center, Bratislava, Slovakia
3Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
4Department of Imaging Methods, Institute of Measurement Science, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, Slovakia
5Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
6Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, High Field MR Centre, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Presenting Author: Martin Krssak

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