Association between visual degeneration of intervertebral discs and the apparent diffusion coefficient

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 641-647

  Niinimäki, Jaakko ^a   Korkiakoski, Arto ^a   Ojala, Outi ^a   Karppinen, Jaro ^a,b,c   Ruohonen, Jyrki ^d   Haapea, Marianne ^a   Korpelainen, Raija ^e,f   Natri, Antero ^g   Tervonen, Osmo ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e OULU DEACONESS INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^g TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Disc degeneration; Intervertebral disc; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67349208230     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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