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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014 Jul 8;90(1):155–163. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.041

Table 2.

Mean Proton Density Fat Fraction, % (SD) and Cumulative Mean Dose, Gy (SD) by MRI Study Visit, Treatment Group and Vertebral Column Region

Baseline Mid-Treatment Post-Treatment

Treatment Group Region PDFF(%) Cum. Dose PDFF(%) Cum. Dose PDFF(%) Cum. Dose
Highly Myelotoxic C3-T9 33.0 (11.1) 0 34.9 (11.5) 0 30.5 (15.5) 0
T10-L3 36.0 (13.9) 0 41.2 (14.1) 0.42 (0.78) 42.0 (18.7) 0.60 (1.07)
L4-S2 43.2 (16.5) 0 64.3 (15.5) 19.3 (5.85) 74.1 (15.5) 28.3 (5.37)
All Vertebrae (C3-S2) 37.5 (14.4) 0 46.5 (18.3) 6.77 (9.79) 49.7 (23.7) 9.93 (13.9)
Less Myelotoxic C3-T9 47.2 (11.5) 0 48.0 (11.0) 0 41.4 (11.3) 0
T10-L3 52.6 (12.8) 0 51.8 (13.4) 0.17 (0.11) 47.9 (11.7) 0.28 (0.09)
L4-S2 61.6 (11.2) 0 70.3 (14.2) 18.9 (7.68) 77.8 (12.7) 28.0 (3.86)
All Vertebrae (C3-S2) 53.6 (13.1) 0 57.1 (15.3) 6.67 (10.2) 55.8 (18.9) 9.41 (13.7)

Abbreviations: SD = standard deviation; C = cervical vertebrae; T = thoracic vertebrae; L = lumbar vertebrae; S = sacral vertebrae; PDFF(%) = proton density fat fraction; Cum. Dose = cumulative mean dose (in Gy)