In vivo quantification of delayed gadolinium enhancement in the nucleus pulposus of human intervertebral disc

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 796-800

  Niinimäki, Jaakko L ^a   Parviainen, Outi ^a   Ruohonen, Jyrki ^a   Ojala, Risto O ^a   Kurunlahti, Mauno ^a   Karppinen, Jaro ^a,b   Tervonen, Osmo ^a   Nieminen, Miika T ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Gadolinium; Intervertebral disc; Lumbosacral region; Magnetic resonance imaging; T1 relaxation

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELAXATION TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33749593914     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20693     Document Type: Article

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