Water-fat magnetic resonance imaging of adipose tissue compartments in the normal third trimester fetus.

Background: Assessment of fetal adipose tissue gives information about the future metabolic health of an individual, with evidence that the development of this tissue has regional heterogeneity.

Objective: To assess differences in the proton density fat fraction (PDFF) between fetal adipose tissue compartments in the third trimester using water-fat magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Materials And Methods: Water-fat MRI was performed in a 1.