1. Bone marrow fat quantification of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: comparison of multi-voxel proton MR spectroscopy and chemical-shift gradient-echo MR imaging
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Paul-Michael Walker, Douraied Ben Salem, Denis Krausé, Frédéric Ricolfi, Boris Guiu, Anne Régis-Arnaud, Service de radiologie et d'Imagerie médicale diagnostique et thérapeutique (CHU de Dijon), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand ( CHU Dijon ), Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer (U866) ( LNC ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation de Dijon ( ENSBANA ), Laboratoire Electronique, Informatique et Image ( Le2i ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Service de neuroradiologie, imagerie des urgences [CHU de Dijon], Département de radiologie [Brest] ( DR - Brest ), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest ( CHRU Brest ), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Groupe d'Etude de la Thrombose de Bretagne Occidentale (GETBO), Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Brestois Santé Agro Matière (IBSAM), Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Brest (UBO), Service de Radiologie et d'Imagerie (BREST - Radio), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest), Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer (U866) (LNC), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation de Dijon (ENSBANA), Laboratoire Electronique, Informatique et Image [UMR6306] (Le2i), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Département de radiologie [Brest] (DR - Brest)
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Male ,In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy ,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Fat quantification ,computer.software_genre ,MESH: Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,MESH: Aged, 80 and over ,0302 clinical medicine ,Bone Marrow ,Voxel ,Fractures, Compression ,MESH: Fractures, Compression ,Aged, 80 and over ,MESH: Aged ,MESH: Middle Aged ,[ INFO.INFO-IM ] Computer Science [cs]/Medical Imaging ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Compression (physics) ,Lipids ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Acute Disease ,Spinal Fractures ,MESH: Acute Disease ,Female ,MESH: Bone Marrow ,MESH: Osteoporosis ,Adult ,MESH: Spinal Fractures ,03 medical and health sciences ,[INFO.INFO-IM]Computer Science [cs]/Medical Imaging ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Aged ,MESH: Humans ,MESH: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ,business.industry ,MESH: Chronic Disease ,Vertebral compression fracture ,MESH: Adult ,medicine.disease ,MESH: Lipids ,Mr imaging ,MESH: Male ,Proton mr spectroscopy ,Chronic Disease ,Osteoporosis ,Bone marrow ,business ,Nuclear medicine ,MESH: Female ,computer ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Background Only a few studies have used in/opposed phase method for a quantitative evaluation of fat fraction in the spine. Purpose To compare multivoxel proton MR spectroscopy and chemical-shift gradient-echo MR imaging for bone marrow fat quantification in vertebral compression fractures (VCF). Material and Methods Vertebral marrow fat quantification in fifteen patients was measured at 3.0-T. Multi-voxel proton spectroscopy (MRS) and in/opposed-phase MR imaging using a fat map build with a triple-echo gradient-echo sequence was used. All the patients had benign vertebral collapse. Bone marrow fat content was evaluated by both techniques in compressed (acute or chronic) and in non-compressed vertebrae. Results The percentage of fat fraction measured by the triple-echo sequence was well correlated with those calculated by MRS ( r2 = 0.85; P < 10−4). There was a significant decrease of fat fraction in acute VCF versus both chronic VCF ( P < 10−9) and non-fractured vertebrae ( P < 10−7). There was no significant difference in fat fraction evaluated by both techniques between non-fractured vertebrae and chronic VCF. Conclusion We have validated the in/opposed phase method compared with MRS for vertebral bone marrow fat quantification. The fat mapping using a triple-echo gradient-echo sequence allows distinguishing acute and chronic benign VCF.
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- 2011
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