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Title:

Association of Cervical and Lumbar Paraspinal Muscle Composition Using Texture Analysis of MR-Based Proton Density Fat Fraction Maps.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Burian, Egon; Becherucci, Edoardo A; Junker, Daniela; Sollmann, Nico; Greve, Tobias; Hauner, Hans; Zimmer, Claus; Kirschke, Jan S; Karampinos, Dimitrios C; Subburaj, Karupppasamy; Baum, Thomas; Dieckmeyer, Michael
Abstract:
In this study, the associations of cervical and lumbar paraspinal musculature based on a texture analysis of proton density fat fraction (PDFF) maps were investigated to identify gender- and anatomical location-specific structural patterns. Seventy-nine volunteers (25 men, 54 women) participated in the present study (mean age ± standard deviation: men: 43.7 ± 24.6 years; women: 37.1 ± 14.0 years). Using manual segmentations of the PDFF maps, texture analysis was performed and texture features were extracted. A significant difference in the mean PDFF between men and women was observed in the erector spinae muscle (p < 0.0001), whereas the mean PDFF did not significantly differ in the cervical musculature and the psoas muscle (p > 0.05 each). Among others, Variance(global) and Kurtosis(global) showed significantly higher values in men than in women in all included muscle groups (p < 0.001). Not only the mean PDFF values (p < 0.001) but also Variance(global) (p < 0.001), Energy (p < 0.001), Entropy (p = 0.01), Homogeneity (p < 0.001), and Correlation (p = 0.037) differed significantly between the three muscle compartments. The cervical and lumbar paraspinal musculature composition seems to be gender-specific and has anatomical location-specific structural patterns.
Journal title abbreviation:
Diagnostics (Basel)
Year:
2021
Journal volume:
11
Journal issue:
10
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.3390/diagnostics11101929
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34679627
TUM Institution:
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Zentrum für Ernährungsmedizin - Klinik für Ernährungsmedizin; Fachgebiet Neuroradiologie (Prof. Zimmer); Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie
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