Texture analysis of vertebral bone marrow using chemical shift encoding-based water-fat MRI: a feasibility study.
Egon BurianK SubburajM R K MookiahA RohrmeierD M HedderichM DieckmeyerM N DiefenbachS RuschkeE J RummenyC ZimmerJ S KirschkeD C KarampinosT BaumPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2019)
Conclusively, an increased bone marrow heterogeneity could be observed in postmenopausal women. In the future, texture parameters might provide additional information to detect and monitor vertebral bone marrow alterations due to aging or hormonal changes beyond conventional anatomic imaging.
Keyphrases
- bone marrow
- postmenopausal women
- bone mineral density
- contrast enhanced
- mesenchymal stem cells
- magnetic resonance imaging
- high resolution
- adipose tissue
- single cell
- current status
- magnetic resonance
- computed tomography
- healthcare
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- diffusion weighted imaging
- mass spectrometry
- metabolic syndrome
- health information