T 2 relaxation times of intervertebral disc tissue correlated with water content and proteoglycan content

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 520-524

  Marinelli, Nicholas L ^a   Haughton, Victor M ^b   Muñoz, Alejandro ^a   Anderson, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Hydration; Intervertebral disc; MRI; Proteoglycan; Relaxation time; Water

Indexed keywords

PROTEOGLYCAN; WATER;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RELAXATION TIME; WATER CONTENT; AGING; ANIMAL; CADAVER; CATTLE; HISTOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CADAVER; CATTLE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEOGLYCANS; WATER;

EID: 65549124972     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318195dd44     Document Type: Article

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