An Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Dixon Sequence Fat–Water Separation Techniques (T2w Dixon FSTs) to Detect Dorso-Lumbar Structural Lesions in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
The diagnostic performance of T2w Dixon FSTs (fat-only images) matched that of T1w images not only in assessing structural and fatty lesions, but also in the evaluation of subchondral erosions, sclerosis, and ankylosis in the dorso-lumbar joints of patients with a rheumatologic diagnosis of SpA. These findings suggest the potential avoidance of T1-weighted images when employing multi-parameter, multi-sequence imaging, such as the Dixon sequence.
Authors
- Nicolas Bouguennec (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8300-5653)
- David Fadli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0392-8336)
- B. Dallaudière (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9182-4168)
- Lionel Pesquer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3767-7352)
- Laurence Dallet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4951-8664)
- Pierre-Francois Lintingre
- Julien Raoult (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9927-8166)
- Julien Gay-Depassier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5553-4578)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université de Bordeaux (FR)
- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques (FR)
- Clinique du Sport (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bioengineering
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering12050502
- Primary Topic
- Bone and Joint Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00