Association of Cervical and Lumbar Paraspinal Muscle Composition Using Texture Analysis of MR-Based Proton Density Fat Fraction Maps
Egon Burian,
Edoardo A. Becherucci,
Daniela Junker,
Nico Sollmann,
Tobias Greve,
Hans Hauner,
Claus Zimmer,
Jan S. Kirschke,
Dimitrios C. Karampinos,
Karupppasamy Subburaj,
Thomas Baum,
Michael Dieckmeyer
Affiliations
Egon Burian
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
Edoardo A. Becherucci
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
Daniela Junker
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
Nico Sollmann
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
Tobias Greve
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
Hans Hauner
Institute of Nutritional Medicine, School of Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, 80992 Munich, Germany
Claus Zimmer
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
Jan S. Kirschke
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
Dimitrios C. Karampinos
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
Karupppasamy Subburaj
Engineering Product Development (EPD) Pillar, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore 487372, Singapore
Thomas Baum
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
Michael Dieckmeyer
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
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 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 p p p p = 0.01), Homogeneity (p 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.
