Abstract #0338
Comparison of T2* correction methods for vertebral bone marrow fat quantification using chemical shift encoding-based water-fat imaging
Dimitrios C Karampinos 1 , Stefan Ruschke 1 , Michael Dieckmeyer 1 , Holger Eggers 2 , Hendrik Kooijman 3 , Ernst J Rummeny 1 , Jan S Bauer 4 , and Thomas Baum 1
1
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology,
Technische Universitt Mnchen, Munich, Germany,
2
Philips
Research Laboratory, Hamburg, Germany,
3
Philips
Healthcare, Hamburg, Germany,
4
Neuroradiology,
Technische Universitt Mnchen, Munich, Germany
Spine fat fraction mapping is emerging with growing
applications in osteoporosis and radiation therapy.
Vertebral bone marrow is characterized by short T2*
relaxation times. Therefore, vertebral bone marrow fat
quantification using chemical shift encoding-based
water-fat imaging needs to correct for T2* decay
effects. The present study compares different approaches
for T2* correction in water-fat imaging of vertebral
bone marrow using single-voxel MRS as a reference
standard. The advantage of a method correcting for a
common T2′ and using a priori known T2 relaxation times
for water and fat components is evaluated on the data
from 26 young healthy volunteers.
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