Correlation between fat signal fraction of vertebral body and intervertebral disc degeneration in dogs using magnetic resonance imaging.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In human medicine, research using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown that an increase in the vertebral body fat signal fraction (FSF) is associated with the severity of intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration. Nevertheless, veterinary medicine has limited information on the relationship between the vertebral body FSF and IVD degeneration.

Objective

This study evaluated the relationship between IVD degeneration and the vertebral body FSF in dogs and compared these factors between chondrodystrophic (CD) and non-chondrodystrophic (NCD) dogs.

Methods

IVD degeneration in dogs was classified morphologically using the Pfirrmann grade, and the vertebral body FSF was evaluated quantitatively.

Results

The vertebral body FSF showed a statistically signif

SUBMITTER: Lee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11611492 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature