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. 2021 Feb 4;11(2):239. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11020239
AP anterior-posterior direction
BMI body mass index
CSA cross-sectional area
CSE-MRI chemical shift encoding-based water-fat magnetic resonance imaging
DTI diffusion tensor imaging
ES erector spinae muscle
FOV field of view
GLCM gray-level co-occurrence matrix
IPACQ-SF International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short-Form
L2 second lumbar vertebra
L5 fifth lumbar vertebra
LSS lumbar spinal stenosis
LR left-right direction
MFI muscle fat infiltration
MITK Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit
MRI magnetic resonance imaging
MRS magnetic resonance spectroscopy
MVIC maximum voluntary isometric contraction
MVICext/flex, MVIC of extension
MVICext/flex, MVIC of flexion
[Nm] newton meter
PDFF proton density fat fraction
PDFFES PDFF of erector spinae muscles
PDFFPS PDFF of psoas muscles
PS psoas muscle
r Pearson correlation coefficient
R2adj adjusted coefficient of determination
ROI region of interest
SD standard deviation
SENSE sensitivity encoding
SI superior-inferior direction
T Tesla
T1 longitudinal relaxation time
T2 transverse relaxation time
T2* effective transverse relaxation time
TA texture analysis
TE echo time
ΔTE echo time step
TR repetition time