In recent years, various quantitative and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
sequences have been developed and used in clinical practice for the diagnosis of patients …

Background context Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability worldwide, with a
tremendous socioeconomic burden. It is mainly caused by intervertebral disc degeneration …

Background Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the function of noninvasive
quantitative evaluation, providing unique advantages in intervertebral disc degeneration …

Purpose Intervertebral disc degeneration is assessed clinically by magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI). Although some quantitative evaluation methods for MRI under special …

Background To compare potential of ultrashort time-to-echo (UTE) T2* mapping and T2*
values from T2*-weighted imaging for assessing lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration …

Background Early and accurate assessment of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration
(IVDD) is very important to therapeutic strategy. This study aims to correlate and compare …

Background Proteoglycan (PG) is a major component of the intervertebral disc extracellular
matrix (ECM) that acts to hydrate the disc nucleus. Early detection of PG degradation is …

Objectives As in-vivo knowledge of training-induced remodeling of intervertebral discs (IVD)
is scarce, this study assessed how lumbar IVDs change as a function of long-term training in …

Background Low Back Pain (LBP) is a pervasive and complex musculoskeletal condition
affecting over 80% of the global population. Lumbar Disc Degeneration (LDD) significantly …

Purpose To evaluate the accuracy of three-dimensional (3D) chemical exchange saturation
transfer (CEST) imaging with a compressed sensing (CS) and sensitivity encoding (SENSE) …