Is the Transport of a Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agent Decreased in a Degenerated or Aged Disc? A Post Contrast MRI Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Tibiletti, Marta ^a,b   Galbusera, Fabio ^a   Ciavarro, Cristina ^a   Brayda Bruno, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOTERIDOL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TRANSPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885396392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076697     Document Type: Article

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