Progress of MRI in identifying benign and malignant vertebral compression fractures

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QI Kaijie ZHANG Enlong WANG Qizheng LANG Ning

Cite this article as: Qi KJ, Zhang EL, Wang QZ, et al. Progress of MRI in identifying benign and malignant vertebral compression fractures. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2020, 11(11): 1077-1080. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2020.11.029.

Abstract

[Abstract] Clinical treatment principles and prognosis of benign and malignant vertebral compression fractures (vertebral compression fractures, VCFs) are dramatically different, which is of great significance to accurately distinguish the two. In recent years, with the development and application of MRI technology (e.g. diffusion weighted imaging, dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging, and chemical-shift), especially the development of new radiomics technology, the characteristics of imaging features have been greatly improved, thereby improving the accuracy of differential diagnosis of benign and malignant VCFs. The purpose of this article is to review the application of MRI techniques and radiomics in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant VCFs.

[Keywords] vertebral fractures；diffusion weighted imaging；dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging；chemical-shift；radiomics

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QI Kaijie Department of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China

ZHANG Enlong Department of Radiology, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing 102206, China

WANG Qizheng Department of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China

LANG Ning^* Department of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China

*Correspondence to: Lang N, E-mail: langning800129@126.com

Conflicts of interest None.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This article is supported by the National Natural Science Found No. 81971578 Peking University International Hospital Research Grant No. YN2019QN03

Received 2020-03-21

Accepted 2020-07-20

DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2020.11.029

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