. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2011 Aug;34(2):468–473. doi: 10.1002/jmri.22623

Table 2.

Mean (and range) of T1, T2, and T2-corrected peak areas for White Adipose Tissue. The final column gives predicted areas for ndb = 3.3 and nmidb = 1.0 [% total fat]

Peak	In vivo ppm	Assignment	T1 (ms)	T2 (ms)	Measured Signal	Calculated Signal
1	5.3 ppm	-CH=CH-	421 (406–436)	44.1 (42.6–45.6)	0.127 (0.109–0.145)	0.122 [7.6 %]
1	5.3 ppm	-CH-O-CO-	421 (406–436)	44.1 (42.6–45.6)	0.127 (0.109–0.145)	0.122 [7.6 %]
Water	4.7 ppm	H₂O	1053 (1005–1101)	21.7 (17.3–26)	0.124 (0.119–0.148)	-
2	4.2 ppm	-CH₂-O-CO-	154 (145–163)	-	-	0.064 [4.0 %]
3	2.75 ppm	-CH=CH-CH₂-CH=CH-	284 (274–294)	46.2 (44.5–47.9)	0.027 (0.023–0.033)	0.033 [2.1 %]
4	2.1 ppm	-CO-CH₂-CH₂-	202 (194–210)	51.9 (51.8–52.1)	0.238 (0.237–0.238)	0.241 [15.0 %]
4	2.1 ppm	-CH₂-CH=CH-CH₂-	249 (238–259)	51.9 (51.8–52.1)	0.238 (0.237–0.238)	0.241 [15.0 %]
5	1.3 ppm	-CO-CH₂-CH₂-	240 (214–264)	54.7 (42.8–61.4)	1.000	1.000 [62.4 %]
5	1.3 ppm	-(CH₂)_n-	280 (268–292)	54.7 (42.8–61.4)	1.000	1.000 [62.4 %]
6	0.9 ppm	-(CH₂)_n-CH₃	543 (434–616)	80.1 (50.7–110.2)	0.147 (0.140–0.158)	0.144 [9.0 %]