Reliability of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging-based Grading System for Cervical Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 288-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masashi Miyazaki ◽  
Soon Woo Hong ◽  
Seung Hwan Yoon ◽  
Yuichiro Morishita ◽  
Jeffrey C. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Intervertebral Disc ◽  
Disc Degeneration ◽  
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration ◽  
Grading System ◽  
Resonance Imaging

scholarly journals T1ρ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Quantification of Early Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in Healthy Young Adults

Spine ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (14) ◽  
pp. 1224-1230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Beomonte Zobel ◽  
Gianluca Vadalà ◽  
Riccardo Del Vescovo ◽  
Sofia Battisti ◽  
Francesca Maria Martina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Intervertebral Disc ◽  
Disc Degeneration ◽  
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Lumbar Intervertebral Disc

scholarly journals Diffusion-weighted 7.0T Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Assessment of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in Rats

2018 ◽  
Vol 131 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long-Yang Li ◽  
Xiao-Lin Wu ◽  
Richard J Roman ◽  
Fan Fan ◽  
Chen-Sheng Qiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Intervertebral Disc ◽  
Disc Degeneration ◽  
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Diffusion Weighted

scholarly journals Evaluation of Cartilaginous Endplate Degeneration Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Xiaofeng Chen ◽  
Weijun Guo ◽  
Hao Li ◽  
Xi Li ◽  
Zhuangxun Han ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Intervertebral Disc ◽  
Disc Degeneration ◽  
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Lumbar Intervertebral Disc ◽  
Cartilage Endplate ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Cartilaginous Endplate

In order to carry out the evaluation of cartilaginous endplate degeneration based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), this paper retrospectively analyzed the MRI data from 120 cases of patients who were diagnosed as lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration and underwent MRI examinations in the designated hospital of this study from June 2018 to June 2020. All cases underwent conventional sagittal and transverse T1WI and T2WI scans, and some cases were added with sagittal fat-suppression T2WI scans; then, the number of degenerative cartilaginous endplates and its ratio to degenerative lumbar intervertebral discs were counted and calculated, and the T1WI and T2WI signal characteristics of each degenerative cartilage endplate and its correlation with cartilaginous endplate degeneration were summarized, compared, and analyzed to evaluate the cartilaginous endplate degeneration by those magnetic resonance information. The study results show that there were 33 cases of cartilaginous endplate degeneration, accounting for 27.50% of all those 120 patients with lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration (54 degenerative endplates in total), including 9 cases with low T1WI and high T2WI signals, 5 cases with high T1WI and low T2WI signals, 12 cases with high and low mixed T1WI and high or mixed T2WI signals, and 4 cases with both low T1WI and T2WI signals. Therefore, MRI scanning can clearly present the abnormal signals of lumbar intervertebral disc and cartilaginous endplate degeneration, accurately identity their lesion locations, and type their degenerative characteristics, which may be best inspection method for the evaluation of cartilaginous endplate degeneration in the early diagnosis of intervertebral disc degeneration. The study results of this paper provide a reference for further researches on the evaluation of cartilaginous endplate degeneration based on magnetic resonance imaging.

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