Quantification of vertebral bone marrow fat content using 3 Tesla MR spectroscopy: Reproducibility, vertebral variation, and applications in osteoporosis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 974-979

  Li, Xiaojuan ^a   Kuo, Daniel ^a   Schafer, Anne L ^b   Porzig, Anne ^b   Link, Thomas M ^a   Black, Dennis ^b   Schwartz, Ann V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow adiposity; MR spectroscopy; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT CONTENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL BONE MARROW FAT CONTENT; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE;

EID: 79953233264     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22489     Document Type: Article

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