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Validation of Sodium Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Intervertebral Disc

Chenyang Wang, Erin McArdle, Matthew Fenty, Walter R. Witschey, Mark Elliott, Matthew Sochor, Ravinder Reddy, Arijitt Borthakur

Spine · 2010 · 63 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

Specificity of sodium MRI for PG in the intervertebral discs makes it a promising diagnostic tool for the earlier phase of disc degeneration.

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The Rates of False-Positive Lumbar Discography in Select Patients Without Low Back Symptoms

Eugene J. Carragee, Cary M. Tanner, Sanjay Khurana et al. · Spine · 2000 · 334 citations

<sup>23</sup>Na MRI accurately measures fixed charge density in articular cartilage

Erik M. Shapiro, Arijitt Borthakur, Alexander J. Gougoutas et al. · Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2002 · 263 citations · Full text