Lumbar Fatty Acid Composition (FAC) Measurement in Osteoporosis Patients Using MRI
Lina Lin1, Lutian Bai1, Qun Cheng2, Manuel Schneider3, Marcel Dominik Nickel3, Caixia Fu4, Guangwu Lin1, and Shihong Li1
1Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 2Department of Osteoporosis, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 3MR Application Predevelopment, Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, Germany, 4Application Development, Siemens Shenzhen Magnetic Resonance Ltd, Shenzhen, China
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value was negatively correlated with T value (P < 0.05, r = -0.371), and SF
value was positively correlated with T value (P < 0.05, r = 0.399). The PUI value of the osteopenia
group was significantly higher than that of the osteoporosis group(P < 0.05)and normal bone mass
group(P < 0.05).
FAC maps of a patient with Osteoporosis: mono-unsaturated fat (A), poly-unsaturated
fat (B), saturated fat (C) and unsaturated fat (D).
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on the second lumbar vertebrae of the three groups