Guanwu Li1, Zheng Xu2, Wei Yuan3, Shixin Chang4, Yongsheng Chen5, Horea Calimente5, Jiani Hu5. 1. Department of Radiology, Yueyang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 110 Ganhe Rd, Hongkou District, Shanghai, 200437, China. purenyi@163.com. 2. Xinzhuang Community Health Center, Shanghai, 201199, China. 3. Department of Spinal Disease Unit, Yueyang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200437, China. 4. Department of Radiology, Yueyang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 110 Ganhe Rd, Hongkou District, Shanghai, 200437, China. 5. Department of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, 48202, MI, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We tested the short- and midterm reproducibility of vertebral marrow fat fraction (FF) measurements using mDixon imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty postmenopausal women underwent mDixon scans to obtain L1-4 FF from three slices per vertebra by two independent observers (session 1). Measurements were repeated after 6 weeks (session 2) and 6 months (session 3). The mean FF for three regions of interest per vertebra was calculated. The coefficients of variation (CVs) were calculated for each participant and imaging session, and the intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were calculated to assess interobserver and intersession agreements. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in FF measurements among the three slices, imaging sessions or observers. The mean intrasubject CV for FF measurement reproducibility was 1.94 %. The interobserver agreement for the average FF value was excellent (ICC ≥0.945 for each session). The ICC for intersession agreement was excellent (ICC ≥0.955 between sessions). The mean intersession CV was lower within a short-term interval (2.97 %) than within sessions 1 and 3 (4.80 %) or sessions 3 and 2 (4.44 %). The overall mean CV for the reproducibility of FF measured with mDixon imaging over the short- and midterm was 4.09 % (95 % CI, 3.79-4.40 %). CONCLUSION: mDixon is a reproducible method for FF quantification over short- and midterm intervals up to 6 months in healthy postmenopausal women. Our results also provide data by which a power analysis can be optimized when designing studies involving the use of FF derived from similar mDixon sequences.
OBJECTIVE: We tested the short- and midterm reproducibility of vertebral marrow fat fraction (FF) measurements using mDixon imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty postmenopausal women underwent mDixon scans to obtain L1-4 FF from three slices per vertebra by two independent observers (session 1). Measurements were repeated after 6 weeks (session 2) and 6 months (session 3). The mean FF for three regions of interest per vertebra was calculated. The coefficients of variation (CVs) were calculated for each participant and imaging session, and the intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were calculated to assess interobserver and intersession agreements. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in FF measurements among the three slices, imaging sessions or observers. The mean intrasubject CV for FF measurement reproducibility was 1.94 %. The interobserver agreement for the average FF value was excellent (ICC ≥0.945 for each session). The ICC for intersession agreement was excellent (ICC ≥0.955 between sessions). The mean intersession CV was lower within a short-term interval (2.97 %) than within sessions 1 and 3 (4.80 %) or sessions 3 and 2 (4.44 %). The overall mean CV for the reproducibility of FF measured with mDixon imaging over the short- and midterm was 4.09 % (95 % CI, 3.79-4.40 %). CONCLUSION:mDixon is a reproducible method for FF quantification over short- and midterm intervals up to 6 months in healthy postmenopausal women. Our results also provide data by which a power analysis can be optimized when designing studies involving the use of FF derived from similar mDixon sequences.
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