Axial loading during MRI influences T2-mapping values of lumbar discs: a feasibility study on patients with low back pain

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the lumbar spine with dedicated G-scan machine in the upright position: a retrospective study and our experience in 10 years with 4305 patients

(2015) Alessandra Splendiani et al.   Radiologia Medica

Cartilaginous End Plates: Quantitative MR Imaging with Very Short Echo Times—Orientation Dependence and Correlation with Biochemical Composition

(2015) Aaron J. Fields et al.   RADIOLOGY

Novel diagnostic and prognostic methods for disc degeneration and low back pain

(2015) Dino Samartzis et al.   Spine Journal

Comparison between pain at discography and morphological disc changes at axial loaded MRI in patients with low back pain

(2014) Hanna Hebelka et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

In vivo quantification of lumbar disc degeneration: assessment of ADC value using a degenerative scoring system based on Pfirrmann framework

(2014) Hon J. Yu et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Human intervertebral disc stiffness correlates better with the Otsu threshold computed from axial T2 map of its posterior annulus fibrosus than with clinical classifications

(2013) Ghislain Maquer et al.   MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS

Lumbar Discogenic Pain: State-of-the-Art Review

(2013) Nikolai Bogduk et al.   PAIN MEDICINE

Axial T2* mapping in intervertebral discs: a new technique for assessment of intervertebral disc degeneration

(2012) Sven Hoppe et al.   EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY

T1rho and T2 relaxation times for lumbar disc degeneration: an in vivo comparative study at 3.0-Tesla MRI

(2012) Yi-Xiang J. Wang et al.   EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY

Effect of short-term unloading on T2 relaxation time in the lumbar intervertebral disc—in vivo magnetic resonance imaging study at 3.0 tesla

(2012) David Stelzeneder et al.   Spine Journal

Quantitative T2 evaluation at 3.0T compared to morphological grading of the lumbar intervertebral disc: A standardized evaluation approach in patients with low back pain

(2011) David Stelzeneder et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

Correlation between T2 relaxation time and intervertebral disk degeneration

(2011) Hiroyuki Takashima et al.   SKELETAL RADIOLOGY

T2 Relaxation Times Correlated with Stage of Lumbar Intervertebral Disk Degeneration and Patient Age

(2010) N.L. Marinelli et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY

In vivo 3.0-tesla magnetic resonance T1ρ and T2 relaxation mapping in subjects with intervertebral disc degeneration and clinical symptoms

(2010) Gabrielle Blumenkrantz et al.   MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MEDICINE

Parametric T2 and T2* mapping techniques to visualize intervertebral disc degeneration in patients with low back pain: initial results on the clinical use of 3.0 Tesla MRI

(2010) Goetz Hannes Welsch et al.   SKELETAL RADIOLOGY

Potential of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings to Refine Case Definition for Mechanical Low Back Pain in Epidemiological Studies

(2010) Alison Endean et al.   SPINE

Imaging strategies for low-back pain: systematic review and meta-analysis

(2009) Roger Chou et al.   LANCET

Prevalence and Pattern of Lumbar Magnetic Resonance Imaging Changes in a Population Study of One Thousand Forty-Three Individuals

(2009) Kenneth M. C. Cheung et al.   SPINE

Quantitative MRI as a diagnostic tool of intervertebral disc matrix composition and integrity

(2008) Fackson Mwale et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

T2- and diffusion-maps reveal diurnal changes of intervertebral disc composition: An in vivo MRI study at 1.5 Tesla

(2008) Burkhard Ludescher et al.   JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

A systematic review of low back pain cost of illness studies in the United States and internationally

(2008) Simon Dagenais et al.   Spine Journal

Intervertebral Disc: Anatomy-Physiology-Pathophysiology-Treatment

(2008) P. Prithvi Raj   Pain Practice