Chemical Shift Imaging of the Liver

Chemical shift imaging imaging is used for the detection of microscopic fat, whereas fat suppression techniques affect macroscopic fat.

Lesions with microscopic fat include:

• Focal or diffuse hepatic steatosis
• Hepatic adenoma
• Hepatic lipoma
• Well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma
• Hepatic angiomyolipoma
• Metastatic germ cell tumor
• Adrenal adenoma
• Renal cell carcinoma