About the Authors

Drazenka Jankovic

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Yvonne Winhofer

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Miriam Promintzer-Schifferl

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Evelyne Wohlschläger-Krenn

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Christian Heinz Anderwald

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Metabolic Unit, ISIB CNR, Padova, Italy, Agathenhof, Specialized Hospital for Metabolic Diseases, Micheldorf, Austria

Peter Wolf

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Thomas Scherer

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Gert Reiter

Affiliation Siemens Healthcare, Graz, Austria

Siegfried Trattnig

Affiliation Department of Radiodiagnostics, Centre of Excellence High-Field MR, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Anton Luger

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Michael Krebs

michael.krebs@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Martin Krssak

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Radiodiagnostics, Centre of Excellence High-Field MR, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

This study was partly supported by funds of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Anniversary Fund, project number 13249, granted to M. Krssak), by the Austrian Heart Fund and the Scientific Fund of the Mayor of the City of Vienna (project number 12023, both granted to M. Krebs). Gert Reiter is employed by Siemens Healthcare. The following Siemens products were used in this study: 3.0-T Tim Trio System, ARGUS software, and a Spectroscopy Processing tool within Syngo VB15 and VB17 user interface. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Krebs M. Krssak. Performed the experiments: DJ YW MPS EWK CHA PW TS M. Krssak. Analyzed the data: DJ YW CHA M. Krebs M. Krssak. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GR ST. Wrote the paper: DJ M. Krebs M. Krssak. Reviewed manuscript: YW CHA TS. Contributed to the discussions and reviewed manuscript: GR ST AL. Guarantor of the study: M. Krebs M. Krssak.