Degenerative disease of the spine is a leading cause of back pain and radiculopathy, and a
frequent indication for spine MR imaging. 1 Disc degeneration, disc protrusion/herniation …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the prevalence and radiologic findings of annular tear (especially of
contrast material enhancement), bulging disk, and disk herniation on T2-weighted and …

Cervical spine trauma occurs frequently in front-line rugby players. To evaluate the
accumulative effects of this trauma, magnetic resonance imaging scans of the cervical spine …

Low back pain is a pervasive problem that affects at least two thirds of the adult population at
some time in their lives, and it ranks among the top ten reasons for visits to internists." 16 …

This is the second edition of this 677-page textbook on MRI of the Musculoskeletal System.
There has been a long interval since the first (English) edition in 1999. The editors state that …

Both the lumbar and tail intervertebral discs (IVD) of mice serve as models for the
pathogenesis and histologic progression of degenerative disc disease. Recent studies in …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: By calculating T2 relaxation times for intervertebral disks,
we tested the hypothesis that disk water concentration increases between the first and …

PURPOSE To determine the dose of contrast medium and the imaging strategy sufficient to
detect diffusion of low-molecular-weight gadolinium-containing contrast media into normal …

Developmental anomalies of the lumbar spine are common. The disc between anomalous
segments has a characteristic appearance on sagittal T2 MR images, not previously …

This article deals with the detailed anatomy of the spine most pertinent to magnetic
resonance (MR) imaging. The cervical and lumbar regions, the pediatric spine, and the …