Measurement of vertebral endplate bone marrow lesion (Modic change) composition with water-fat MRI and relationship to patient-reported outcome measures.

Aaron J FieldsAlexander BallatoriMisung HanJeannie F BaileyZachary L McCormickConor W O'NeillSibel Demir-DevirenRoland KrugJeffrey C Lotz

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2021)

BMF is significantly altered in MC. Water-fat MRI enables BMF measurements that may eventually form the basis for quantitative assessments of MC severity and progression.

Keyphrases

patient reported
bone marrow
contrast enhanced
adipose tissue

magnetic resonance imaging
diffusion weighted imaging
mesenchymal stem cells

fatty acid
high resolution
magnetic resonance

bone mineral density
body composition
postmenopausal women