Assessment of glycosaminoglycan distribution in human lumbar intervertebral discs using chemical exchange saturation transfer at 3 T: Feasibility and initial experience

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1137-1144

  Kim, Mina ^a   Chan, Queenie ^b   Anthony, Marina Portia ^a   Cheung, Kenneth M C ^c   Samartzis, Dino ^c   Khong, Pek Lan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CEST; Glycosaminoglycan; Intervertebral disc; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; CEST; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER; CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; CORRELATION STUDIES; DEGENERATIVE DISCS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS; IMAGING FEATURES; IN-VIVO; INHOMOGENEITY CORRECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MAGNETIC FIELD INHOMOGENEITIES; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; TURBO SPIN ECHOS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MAGNETIC FIELDS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; WATER;

EID: 80053197189     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1671     Document Type: Article

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