MR imaging assessment of lumbar intervertebral disk degeneration and age-related changes: Apparent diffusion coefficient versus T2 quantitation

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1617-1623

  Niu, G ^a   Yang, Jian ^a   Wang, R ^a   Dang, S ^b   Wu, E X ^c   Guo, Y ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SCIATICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054040699     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2556     Document Type: Article

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