Correlation between Vertebral Marrow Fat Fraction in MRI Using DIXON Technique and BMD in DXA in Patients of Suspected Osteoporosis

Abstract

Aim Osteoporosis is a common metabolic bone disease accounting for low back pain (LBP). It is diagnosed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a routine investigation for LBP, is also sensitive to detect fat fraction (FF) of the vertebral body that increases with increasing age. This study aimed to correlate vertebral marrow FF using MRI and bone mineral density (BMD).

Keywords

• fat fraction
• vertebra
• osteoporosis
• IDEAL-IQ
• MRI
• back pain