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

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 252-257

  Ludescher, Burkhard ^a   Effelsberg, Julia ^b   Martirosian, Petros ^a   Steidle, Günter ^a   Markert, Bernd ^b   Claussen, Claus ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADC; Diffusion; MRI; T2; Vertebral disc

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 46849102724     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21390     Document Type: Article

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