Modeling of T2* decay in vertebral bone marrow fat quantification. 2015

Dimitrios C Karampinos, and Stefan Ruschke, and Michael Dieckmeyer, and Holger Eggers, and Hendrik Kooijman, and Ernst J Rummeny, and Jan S Bauer, and Thomas Baum
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.

Bone marrow fat fraction mapping using chemical shift encoding-based water-fat separation is becoming a useful tool in investigating the association between bone marrow adiposity and bone health and in assessing cancer treatment-induced bone marrow damage. Vertebral bone marrow is characterized by short T2* relaxation times, which are in general different for the water and fat components and can confound fat quantification. The purpose of the present study is to compare different approaches to T2* correction in chemical shift encoding-based water-fat imaging of vertebral bone marrow using single-voxel MRS as reference. Eight-echo gradient-echo imaging and single-voxel MRS measurements were made on the spine (L3-L5) of 25 healthy volunteers. Different approaches were evaluated for correction of T2* effects: (a) single-T2* correction, (b) dual-T2* correction, (c) T2' correction using the a priori-known T2 from the MRS at each vertebral body and (d) T2' correction using the a priori-known T2 equal to previously measured average values. Dual-T2* correction resulted in noisier imaging fat fraction maps than single-T2* correction or T2' correction using a priori-known T2. Linear regression analysis between imaging and MRS fat fraction showed a slope significantly different from 1 when using single-T2* correction (R(2) = 0.96) or dual-T2* correction (R(2) = 0.87). T2' correction using the a priori-known T2 resulted in a slope not significantly different from 1, an intercept significantly different from 0 (between 2.4% and 3%) and R(2) = 0.96. Therefore, a T2' correction using a priori-known T2 can remove the fat fraction bias induced by the difference in T2* between water and fat components without degrading noise performance in fat fraction mapping of vertebral bone marrow.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007090 Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Methods developed to aid in the interpretation of ultrasound, radiographic images, etc., for diagnosis of disease. Image Interpretation, Computer Assisted,Computer-Assisted Image Interpretation,Computer-Assisted Image Interpretations,Image Interpretations, Computer-Assisted,Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Image,Interpretations, Computer-Assisted Image
D008159 Lumbar Vertebrae VERTEBRAE in the region of the lower BACK below the THORACIC VERTEBRAE and above the SACRAL VERTEBRAE. Vertebrae, Lumbar
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D008954 Models, Biological Theoretical representations that simulate the behavior or activity of biological processes or diseases. For disease models in living animals, DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL is available. Biological models include the use of mathematical equations, computers, and other electronic equipment. Biological Model,Biological Models,Model, Biological,Models, Biologic,Biologic Model,Biologic Models,Model, Biologic
D001853 Bone Marrow The soft tissue filling the cavities of bones. Bone marrow exists in two types, yellow and red. Yellow marrow is found in the large cavities of large bones and consists mostly of fat cells and a few primitive blood cells. Red marrow is a hematopoietic tissue and is the site of production of erythrocytes and granular leukocytes. Bone marrow is made up of a framework of connective tissue containing branching fibers with the frame being filled with marrow cells. Marrow,Red Marrow,Yellow Marrow,Marrow, Bone,Marrow, Red,Marrow, Yellow
D003198 Computer Simulation Computer-based representation of physical systems and phenomena such as chemical processes. Computational Modeling,Computational Modelling,Computer Models,In silico Modeling,In silico Models,In silico Simulation,Models, Computer,Computerized Models,Computer Model,Computer Simulations,Computerized Model,In silico Model,Model, Computer,Model, Computerized,Model, In silico,Modeling, Computational,Modeling, In silico,Modelling, Computational,Simulation, Computer,Simulation, In silico,Simulations, Computer
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000273 Adipose Tissue Specialized connective tissue composed of fat cells (ADIPOCYTES). It is the site of stored FATS, usually in the form of TRIGLYCERIDES. In mammals, there are two types of adipose tissue, the WHITE FAT and the BROWN FAT. Their relative distributions vary in different species with most adipose tissue being white. Fatty Tissue,Body Fat,Fat Pad,Fat Pads,Pad, Fat,Pads, Fat,Tissue, Adipose,Tissue, Fatty

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