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Aug 2026
Semi-quantitative assessment of paraspinal muscle fat infiltration in single-level C5–6 cervical spondylosis using gray-level thresholding on conventional MRI: associations with disc degeneration and posture-related segmental angular change
Background Cervical spondylosis at C5–6 is common, but conventional imaging may not fully capture paraspinal muscle composition or posture-related segmental angular behavior. This study assessed layer-specific paraspinal muscle fat infiltration (FI) and cross-sectional area (CSA) on conventional MRI and examined their...
Yi-Fei Li, Liang Zhao, Wei Zhang et al.
· Frontiers in Medicine · 0 citations