• Skeletal radiology · Apr 2019

    Quantification of shoulder muscle intramuscular fatty infiltration on T1-weighted MRI: a viable alternative to the Goutallier classification system.

    • Derik L Davis, Thomas Kesler, Mohit N Gilotra, Ranyah Almardawi, Syed A Hasan, Rao P Gullapalli, and Jiachen Zhuo.
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 S. Greene Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. ddavis7@umm.edu.
    • Skeletal Radiol. 2019 Apr 1; 48 (4): 535-541.

    BackgroundQuantification of rotator cuff intramuscular fatty infiltration is important for clinical decision-making in patients with rotator cuff tear. The semi-quantitative Goutallier classification system is the most commonly used method, but has limited reliability. Therefore, we sought to test a freely available fuzzy C-means segmentation software program for reliability of the quantification of shoulder intramuscular fatty infiltration on T1-weighted MR images and for correlation with fat fraction by six-point Dixon MRI.Materials And MethodsWe performed a prospective cross-sectional study to measure visible intramuscular fat area percentage on oblique sagittal T1 MR images by fuzzy C-means segmentation and fat fraction maps by six-point Dixon MRI for 42 shoulder muscles. Intra- and inter-observer reliability were determined. Correlative analysis for fuzzy C-means and six-point Dixon intramuscular fatty infiltration measures was also performed.ResultsWe found that inter-observer reliability for the quantification of visible intramuscular fat area percentage by fuzzy C-means segmentation and fat fraction by six-point Dixon MRI was 0.947 and 0.951 respectively. The intra-observer reliability for the quantification of visible intramuscular fat area percentage by fuzzy C-means segmentation and fat fraction by six-point Dixon MRI was 0.871 and 0.979 respectively. We found a strong correlation between fuzzy C-means segmentation and six-point Dixon techniques; r = 0.850, p < 0.001 by individual muscle; and r = 0.977, p < 0.002 by study subject.ConclusionQuantification of intramuscular fatty infiltration by fuzzy C-means segmentation on T1-weighted sequences demonstrates excellent reliability and strong correlation with fat fraction by six-point Dixon MRI. Quantitative fuzzy C-means segmentation is a viable alternative to the semi-quantitative Goutallier classification system.

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