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Eurasian Journal of Medicine and
Oncology
Psoas muscle and atherosclerotic inflammation

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Figure 5. Box plots of estimated arterial TMR values in relation to calcium Sc. (A) Average TMR values; (B) TMR values with a threshold >1.8; (C) TMR
values with a threshold >2.3.
Abbreviation: TMR: Tissue-to-psoas muscle ratio; Sc: Score clusters.

5. Conclusion Conflict of interest

The use of psoas muscle as a background correction The author has no conflicts of interest to disclose.
strategy for quantifying FDG uptake through the TMR
is feasible. It may help reduce variations in blood-based Author contributions
background correction methods, thereby increasing the This is a single-authored article.
reproducibility of measurements. TMR is sensitive in
assessing the relationship between arterial calcification Ethics approval and consent to participate
and inflammation. The calcium area for quantifying This retrospective study was approved by the Research
calcium burden is comparable to the calcium score in its Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine and Health
association with inflammation levels. Further studies are Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Canada (approval
needed to validate these findings. number: 2019-3145). All participants provided written
informed consent for FDG-PET/CT scanning.
Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank Dr. M. Bentourkia, Consent for publication
Dr. Éric Turcotte, Éric Lavallee, and the clinical team at Consent for publication could not be obtained due to the
the Sherbrooke Molecular Imaging Centre, Université de retrospective nature of the study.
Sherbrooke, for their technical assistance.
Availability of data
Funding
The data supporting the findings of this study are available
None. within the article.

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