Background: Bone marrow signal is ideally evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) due to its high tissue contrast. While advanced MRI quantitative methods can be used for estimating bone density, there are no readily available parameters on routine clinical MRI sequences of the lumbar spine.

Purpose: To evaluate whether T1 signal intensity (SI) ratio of lumbar vertebral body (VB)/cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may predict decreased bone density.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted. After use of inclusion/exclusion criteria, 36 patients who had an MRI scan of the lumbar spine and a DEXA scan performed as a part of annual health visit were selected. T1 SI of the lumbar vertebral bodies and adjacent CSF were recorded. Ratio of T1 SI of L1-L4 (VB)/CSF was calculated. The corresponding bone-density values on DEXA scan measured as g/cm were obtained. Pearson's r correlation statistic was used to determine the correlation between these variables.

Results: T1 VB/T1 CSF SI ratio was between 1.308 and 2.927 (mean = 2.028). Mean T1 SI value of vertebral bodies (L1-L4) was 264.9 and mean CSF SI value was 131.9. Bone density in g/cm was between 0.851 and 1.398 (mean = 1.081). Pearson correlation coefficient was r = -0.619 (=0.0001), which shows a negative moderate correlation between the T1 VB/T1 CSF SI ratio and bone density.

Conclusion: A high T1 VB/T1 CSF SI ratio on routine MRI sequences may indicate decreased bone density. This ratio may be of substantial benefit in unsuspected osteoporosis/osteopenia on routine MRI lumbar spine imaging.

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