Lumbar discectomy is the surgical procedure most frequently performed for patients
suffering from low back pain and sciatica. Disc herniation as a consequence of degenerative …

Objective Early and non-invasive detection of osteoarthritis (OA) is required to enable early
treatment and monitoring of interventions. Some of the earliest signs of OA are the change in …

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, with a significant
socioeconomic burden on healthcare systems. It is mainly caused by degenerative disc …

Purpose To develop a fast and accurate monoexponential fitting algorithm based on Auto‐
Regression on Linear Operations (ARLO) of data, and to validate its accuracy and …

Study Design. Experimental correlation study design to quantify features of disc health,
including signal intensity and distinction between the annulus fibrosus and nucleus …

Background: The intervertebral disc has been implicated as a major cause of chronic spinal
pain based on clinical, basic science, and epidemiological research. There is, however, a …

The sequence of a multiecho gradient recalled echo (GRE) T2*‐weighted imaging (T2* WI)
is a relatively new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique. In contrast to T2 relaxation …

Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a major cause of pain and disability; yet therapeutic
options are limited and treatment often remains unsatisfactory. In recent years, research …

Study Design. Investigation of the effects of the impairment of different nutritional pathways
on the intervertebral disc degeneration patterns in terms of spatial distributions of cell …

Background: The intervertebral disc has been implicated as a major cause of chronic lumbar
spinal pain based on clinical, basic science, and epidemiological research. There is …