Wei-Che Lin1,2,
Hsiu-Ling Chen1, Yu-Fan Cheng1, Chun-Chung Lui1
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology,
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung
University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Taiwan; 2Department
of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, National Yang-Ming
University, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan
Decrease
bone marrow perfusion as reflected by lower peak enhancement ratio (PER)
value in dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) can independently predict
the presence of intraosseous cleft in patients with osteoporotic vertebral
compression fractures.DCE-MRI can help distinguish the more frail patients
after VCF suitable for more tailored anti-osteoporotic therapy and can also
identify delicate osteoporotic patients for advance treatment before an
injury can occur.