In vivo magnetic resonance imaging features of spinal muscles in the ovine model

Background: Muscle fatty infiltration (MFI) has been identified in patients with spinal pain using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Even though sheep are a commonly used animal model for the human spine, comparative sheep MFI data from MRI is not available. Determining MFI in sheep spinal muscles u...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Valentin, Theresia Licka, Annika Essigbeck, James Elliott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-07-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Translation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214031X15000686