Journal
DENTOMAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
BRITISH INST RADIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr.20180263
Keywords
fat fraction; IDEAL-IQ; MR imaging; parotid gland; submandibular gland
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81771796]
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Objectives: To evaluate the effect of laterality, gender, age and body mass index (BMI) on fat fraction (FF) measurements of both parotid glands (PGs) and submandibular glands (SMGs) by using: Iterative decomposition of water and fat with echo asymmetry and least-squares estimation method (IDEAL-IQ). Methods: A total of 87 healthy participants were enrolled in our study. IDEAL-IQ image was scanned using a 3.0 T scanner. Paired t test was performed to compare the difference on FF of both PGs and SMGs between left and right side. The FF of two glands between male and female healthy participants were compared using an unpaired t-test. The correlation between the FF of two glands and participant age or BMI were analyzed by Pearson's correlation. Results: Excellent inter- and intrareader agreements were obtained during the measurements of FF by IDEAL-IQ method (ICC, 0.952-0.981). FF values correlated positively with the age and BMI in both left and right PGs and SMGs (p < 0.05). No significant difference was found on FF between left and right PGs and SMGs (p > 0.05). There was also no difference on FF between male and female healthy participants (p > 0.05). Conclusions: FFs of PGs and SMGs were age- and BMI- dependent, but not laterality- and gender-dependent. The effect of age and BMI need to be considered in further studies using Ideal-IQ technology to evaluate FFs of salivary gland diseases.
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