Diagnostic Tools and Imaging Methods in Intervertebral Disk Degeneration

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 501-511

  Majumdar, Sharmila ^a   Link, Thomas M ^a   Steinbach, Lynne S ^a   Hu, Serena ^a   Kurhanewicz, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disk; Imaging; Magnetic resonance; Spectroscopy; Spine; T 1rho; T 2

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM TRIETHYLENETRIAMINEPENTAACETIC ACID; GADOTERIDOL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; PROTEOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGINOUS ENDPLATE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROCARTILAGE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KINEMATICS; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80053211711     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: 15581373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2011.07.007     Document Type: Review

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