Imaging of visceral fat in living rabbit by using detection of ultrasonic velocity change

Development of the noninvasive imaging equipment for the diagnosis of visceral fat in the early stage has been eagerly anticipated. The ultrasonic velocity-change imaging method was applied to living rabbits fed on the standard diet and that on the high fat diet. Experimental results show that the ultrasonic velocity-change images give the information about the fat accumulation level in liver of rabbit. The ultrasonic velocity-change imaging method has possible application to the diagnosis of fatty liver in a living human body.