Active depression is associated with regional adiposity in the upper abdomen and the neck.

Objective: In major depression, the incidence of overweight, the risk of type 2 diabetes, as well as cardiovascular disease is increased. Aim was to determine body fat distribution in depressive and healthy females using whole body Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Measurements of total adipose tissue (TAT), visceral (VAT), and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SCAT) at the trunk and the whole body fat distribution along the body axis were performed and compared.

Determination of the rCBF in the amygdala and rhinal cortex using a FAIR-TrueFISP sequence.

Objective: Brain perfusion can be assessed non-invasively by modern arterial spin labeling MRI. The FAIR (flow-sensitive alternating inversion recovery)-TrueFISP (true fast imaging in steady precession) technique was applied for regional assessment of cerebral blood flow in brain areas close to the skull base, since this approach provides low sensitivity to magnetic susceptibility effects. The investigation of the rhinal cortex and the amygdala is a potentially important feature for the diagnosis and research on dementia in its early stages.

Subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness in adults - correlation with BMI and recommendations for pen needle lengths for subcutaneous self-injection.

Objective: One of the aims of a subcutaneous (SC) injection is to avoid intradermal or intramuscular injections. Pen systems are an alternative solution to single-use syringes and have become standard for example diabetes therapy. Shorter and smaller needles minimize pain and the risk of intramuscular injections.

Quantitative analysis of adipose tissue in single transverse slices for estimation of volumes of relevant fat tissue compartments: a study in a large cohort of subjects at risk for type 2 diabetes by MRI with comparison to anthropometric data.

Objectives: Aim of the study was to assess the potential value of cross-sectional adipose tissue evaluation in well defined single transverse slices for estimation of volumes of metabolically important adipose tissue compartments as visceral adipose tissue (VAT), nonvisceral adipose tissue (NVAT), and total body adipose tissue (TAT). In addition, validity of easily accessible anthropometric indices (waist-to-hip-ratio [WHR] and body mass index [BMI]) for prediction of volumes of those adipose tissue compartments were validated and compared.

Materials And Methods: True volumes of main adipose tissue compartments VAT, TAT, and NVAT were carefully assessed based on whole-body magnetic resonance (MR) examinations in 367 volunteers (227 females, 140 males, age 18-69 years) at increased risk for type 2 diabetes.

Interscapular fat is strongly associated with insulin resistance.

Context: Subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SCAAT), visceral adipose tissue (VAT), fat in the neck area [interscapular fat (IF)], and liver fat (LF) are associated with metabolic traits related to insulin resistance. Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy offer a unique approach to quantify fat depots in larger cohorts.

Objective: The objective was to study 1) the impact of the aforementioned fat depots on insulin sensitivity in a cross-sectional design and 2) changes in these fat depots and in insulin sensitivity during a lifestyle intervention (LI).

Correlation of fat distribution in whole body MRI with generally used anthropometric data.

Objectives: : Obesity is a commonly known risk for many diseases such as metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. Especially important is the discrimination of the adipose tissue inside the abdomen and the subcutaneous adipose tissue. Aim of this study was to compare the whole body fat distribution, and the volume of different adipose tissue compartments respectively, with anthropometric data.

Changes of body composition in bulimia nervosa: increased visceral fat and adrenal gland size.

Objective: To study the hypothesis that young women suffering from active bulimia nervosa (BN) have more visceral fat and increased adrenal gland volumes (AGV) than healthy controls (HC).

Methods: Thirteen patients with BN of purging type and 11 healthy age and weight matched women (HC), aged between 19 and 36 years (mean 24 +/- 3 years), with a BMI of 19 to 29 (mean 24 +/- SD 3) were examined. BN was diagnosed by DSM-IV criteria and the severity of illness by the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2).

Increase of visceral fat and adrenal gland volume in women with depression: preliminary results of a morphometric MRI study.

Objective: Depression is often accompanied by increased visceral adipose tissue (VAT), stress, enlarged adrenal glands, and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. VAT turn-over is regulated by adrenal stress hormones such as cortisol. Aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the adrenal volume as a marker for long-term stress and the volume fractions of several body fat compartments in healthy and depressive women.

T2- and diffusion-maps reveal diurnal changes of intervertebral disc composition: an in vivo MRI study at 1.5 Tesla.

Purpose: To investigate the lumbar intervertebral discs (IVDs) by MRI in the morning and evening after a diurnal load cycle. Changes in MR characteristics (T2-weighted imaging, T2- and apparent diffusion coefficient [ADC] -mapping) during the course of the day were visualized and analyzed visually and quantitatively. The length of the lumbar spine was measured in between the lower anterior edge of Th12 and the upper anterior edge of S1.

Successful coil embolization of a ruptured gastroduodenal artery aneurysm.

Aneurysms of the gastroduodenal artery are rare. Reported here is the case of a 60-year-old woman suffering from the covered rupturing of a twin aneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery. The patient presented herself in the surgical emergency unit with abdominal discomfort.