The vertebral end-plate has been identified as a possible source of discogenic low back
pain. MRI demonstrates end-plate (Modic) changes in 20–50% of patients with low back …

Infections of the spine represent a rare but potentially debilitating and neurologically
devastating condition for patients. Early diagnosis, imaging, and intervention may prevent …

MRI is widely used as the imaging of choice for spinal disorders and may reveal either a
clinically insignificant incidental abnormality or a significant lesion, unrelated to the spine …

Study Design. Twelve lumbar intervertebral disc specimens were imaged with magnetic
resonance imaging to estimate relaxation constants, T1 and T2, and tissue water diffusion …

Study Design. Disc tissue was removed at surgery from 9 patients with discogenic pain and
9 deformity patients with scoliosis undergoing anterior and posterior spinal fusion. These …

Pain factors are labeled with targeted agents or markers delivered into the body. The
labeled pain factors are imaged with appropriate imaging tools in a manner allowing …

A system and method for automating an appropriate voxel prescription in a uniquely
definable region of interest (ROI) in a tissue of a patient is provided, such as for purpose of …

The goal of this study was to determine the ability of high‐resolution magic angle spinning
(HR‐MAS) NMR spectroscopy to distinguish different stages of intervertebral disc …

Abstract Systems and methods are provided for processing a set of multiple serially acquired
magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) free induction decay (FID) frames from a multi …

The lumbar spine is one of the commonest regions of the body imaged with MRI. Various
pathological processes can involve the lumbar intervertebral disc, including degeneration …