Vertebral Bone Marrow Heterogeneity Using Texture Analysis of Chemical Shift Encoding-Based MRI: Variations in Age, Sex, and Anatomical Location

Objective: Vertebral bone marrow composition has been extensively studied in the past and shown potential as imaging biomarker for osteoporosis, hematopoietic, and metabolic disorders. However, beyond quantitative assessment of bone marrow fat, little is known about its heterogeneity. Therefore, we...

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Main Authors: Michael Dieckmeyer, Daniela Junker, Stefan Ruschke, Muthu Rama Krishnan Mookiah, Karupppasamy Subburaj, Egon Burian, Nico Sollmann, Jan S. Kirschke, Dimitrios C. Karampinos, Thomas Baum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2020.555931/full