B0 inhomogeneity in the abdominal subcutaneous fat at 3T

B0 inhomogeneities often lead to failures in chemical shift-based fat suppression, particularly in complex susceptibility environments such as the abdomen. To optimize the application of fat suppression, characterization of B0 inhomogeneities in fat regions is needed. However, such characterization has not been reported for abdominal fat. Therefore, the purpose of this work was to measure the magnitude and variability of B0 inhomogeneity at 3T in abdominal subcutaneous fat. This study shows that several subcutaneous fat regions exhibit B0 inhomogeneities large enough to induce failures in common fat suppression methods. These measurements may guide future optimization of fat suppression methods.