Classification of High Intensity Zones of the Lumbar Spine and Their Association with Other Spinal MRI Phenotypes: The Wakayama Spine Study.

Classification of High Intensity Zones of the Lumbar Spine and Their Association with Other Spinal MRI Phenotypes: The Wakayama Spine Study.

INTRODUCTION:High intensity zones (HIZ) of the lumbar spine are a phenotype of the intervertebral disc noted on MRI whose clinical relevance has been debated. Traditionally, T2-weighted (T2W) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been utilized to identify HIZ of lumbar discs. However, controversy exi...

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Main Authors: Masatoshi Teraguchi, Dino Samartzis, Hiroshi Hashizume, Hiroshi Yamada, Shigeyuki Muraki, Hiroyuki Oka, Jason Pui Yin Cheung, Ryohei Kagotani, Hiroki Iwahashi, Sakae Tanaka, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kozo Nakamura, Toru Akune, Kenneth Man-Chee Cheung, Noriko Yoshimura, Munehito Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5029816?pdf=render

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