Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35583822›Full record

ArticleAbdominal radiology (New York)2022

Fat-only Dixon: how to use it in body MRI.

Reza Salari, David H Ballard, Mark J Hoegger, Daniel Young, Anup S Shetty

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Abdominal radiology (New York), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Observational
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Reza SalariMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
David H BallardMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Mark J HoeggerMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
Daniel YoungDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mailcode: L340, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
Anup S ShettyMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 S. Kingshighway Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA. anup.shetty@wustl.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0333-9221

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Dixon method for fat/water separation is widely used to obtain uniform fat suppression using the water-only reconstruction. However, the fat-only reconstruction is potentially neglected in clinical practice, either not sent to the PACS or ignored upon imaging review. Fat-only Dixon provides a valuable tool for rapid screening for microscopic fat and problem-solving of lesions of interest. This work will review the physics of Dixon fat/water separation, some clinical applications, artifacts, and protocol design considerations of Dixon imaging, and how to integrate the Dixon method into the clinical practice of body MRI.

Indexed as

Adipose TissueMagnetic Resonance ImagingArtifactsHumansWaterWaterAbdominal MRIDixonFat-onlyMicroscopic fat

Identifiers

PMID35583822

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.