Skeletal muscle mass and sarcopenia can be determined with 1.5-T and 3-T neck MRI scans, in the event that no neck CT scan is performed.
Aniek T ZwartJan-Niklas BeckerMaria J LamersRudi A J O DierckxGeertruida H de BockGyorgy B HalmosAnouk van der HoornPublished in: European radiology (2020)
• Screening for low amount of skeletal muscle mass is usually measured on neck CT scans and is highly clinical relevant as it is related to multiple adverse outcomes in head and neck cancer patients. • We found that skeletal muscle mass and sarcopenia determined on CT and 1.5-T and 3-T MRI neck scans at the C3 level can be used interchangeably. • When CT imaging of the neck is missing for skeletal muscle mass analysis, patients can be assessed with 1.5-T or 3-T neck MRIs.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- skeletal muscle
- dual energy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- image quality
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance
- end stage renal disease
- insulin resistance
- ejection fraction
- diffusion weighted imaging
- high resolution
- adipose tissue
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- metabolic syndrome
- fluorescence imaging
- community dwelling