Human L3L4 intervertebral disc mean 3D shape, modes of variation, and their relationship to degeneration

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2452-2459

  Peloquin, John M ^a   Yoder, Jonathon H ^a   Jacobs, Nathan T ^a   Moon, Sung M ^a,b   Wright, Alexander C ^a   Vresilovic, Edward J ^c   Elliott, Dawn M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Intervertebral disc; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphometry; Statistical shape model

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICS;

DEGENERATION; DISC DEGENERATION; HEIGHT VARIATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LIMITED DATA; MORPHOMETRY; SHAPE VARIATIONS; STATISTICAL SHAPE MODEL;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MORPHOMETRY; STATISTICAL SHAPE MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84902094638     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.04.014     Document Type: Article

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