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ArticleJOR spine2020

Impact of pulse sequence, analysis method, and signal to noise ratio on the accuracy of intervertebral disc

Kyle D Meadows, Curtis L Johnson, John M Peloquin, Richard G Spencer, Edward J Vresilovic, Dawn M Elliott

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Article in JOR spine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Effective disc age: a statistical model for age-dependent and level-specific lumbar disc degeneration using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kyle D MeadowsBiomedical Engineering University of Delaware Newark Delaware USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1113-8633
Curtis L JohnsonBiomedical Engineering University of Delaware Newark Delaware USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7760-131X
John M PeloquinBiomedical Engineering University of Delaware Newark Delaware USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7145-6476
Richard G SpencerNational Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Baltimore Maryland USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7101-4328
Edward J VresilovicUPMC Orthopaedic Surgery Lancaster Pennsylvania USA.
Dawn M ElliottBiomedical Engineering University of Delaware Newark Delaware USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4792-1029

Funding

Updated confocal microscope in the Imaging Core facility to support biomedical researchP20GM103653 · NIGMS · DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HARRINGTON, MELISSA A · 2012 to 2022
$22.7M
Disc Mechanics and Altered Loading in DegenerationR01AR050052 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ELLIOTT, DAWN M · 2005 to 2024
$4.7M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR050052NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103653
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Noninvasive assessments of intervertebral disc health and degeneration are critical for addressing disc degeneration and low back pain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is exceptionally sensitive to tissue with high water content, and measurement of the MR transverse relaxation time,

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degenerative disc diseaseintervertebral discMRIRician noiseT2

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PMID33015575
PMCPMC7524248

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