| Diagnostic Tools and Imaging Methods in Intervertebral Disk Degeneration. | |
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PMID: 21944587 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Low back pain has a negative impact on the economy and society. Intervertebral disk degeneration is linked to the occurrence of low back pain. MRI provides three-dimensional morphologic and biochemical information regarding the status of the disk. This article reviews new and evolving MRI disk-imaging techniques, including grading, relaxation-time measurements, diffusion, and contrast perfusion. In addition, high-resolution magic-angle spinning methods to correlate in vitro disk degeneration (with pain, etc) and in vivo spectroscopic results are discussed. With the potential for morphologic and biochemical characterization of the intervertebral disk, MRI shows promise as a tool to quantitatively assess disk health. |
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Sharmila Majumdar; Thomas M Link; Lynne S Steinbach; Serena Hu; John Kurhanewicz |
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Title: The Orthopedic clinics of North America Volume: 42 ISSN: 1558-1373 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-9-27 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0254463 Medline TA: Orthop Clin North Am Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 501-511 Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, Campus Box 2520, QB3 Building, 2nd Floor, Suite 203, 1700 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 1500 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. |
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