To characterize small renal cell carcinoma using diffusion relaxation correlation spectroscopic imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient based histogram analysis: a preliminary study.

Purpose: To study the capability of diffusion-relaxation correlation spectroscopic imaging (DR-CSI) on subtype classification and grade differentiation for small renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Histogram analysis for apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was studied for comparison.

Materials And Methods: A total of 61 patients with small RCC (< 4 cm) were included in the retrospective study.

Liver fat is superior to visceral and pancreatic fat as a risk biomarker of impaired glucose regulation in overweight/obese subjects.

Aim: To investigate the distribution of abdominal fat, particularly ectopic fat accumulation, in relation to glucose metabolism in overweight/obese patients.

Materials And Methods: This study included 257 overweight/obese subjects with body mass index ≥23 kg/m . All the subjects underwent an oral glucose tolerance test.