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ArticleJournal of healthcare engineering2021

Evaluation of Cartilaginous Endplate Degeneration Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Xiaofeng Chen, Weijun Guo, Hao Li, Xi Li, Zhuangxun Han, Xueyuan Chu, Zehui Lao, Junxian Xie, Dongling Cai

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Article in Journal of healthcare engineering, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaofeng ChenDepartment of Orthopedics, Panyu Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province 511400, China.
Weijun GuoDepartment of Orthopedics, Panyu Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province 511400, China.
Hao LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Panyu Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province 511400, China.
Xi LiDepartment of Dermatology, Panyu Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province 511400, China.
Zhuangxun HanDepartment of Orthopedics, Panyu Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province 511400, China.
Xueyuan ChuDepartment of Orthopedics, Panyu Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province 511400, China.
Zehui LaoDepartment of Orthopedics, Panyu Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province 511400, China.
Junxian XieDepartment of Orthopedics, Panyu Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province 511400, China.
Dongling CaiDepartment of Orthopedics, Panyu Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province 511400, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4101-2772
Panyu Hospital of Chinese Medicine · CNGuangzhou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In order to carry out the evaluation of cartilaginous endplate degeneration based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), this paper retrospectively analyzed the MRI data from 120 cases of patients who were diagnosed as lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration and underwent MRI examinations in the designated hospital of this study from June 2018 to June 2020. All cases underwent conventional sagittal and transverse T1WI and T2WI scans, and some cases were added with sagittal fat-suppression T2WI scans; then, the number of degenerative cartilaginous endplates and its ratio to degenerative lumbar intervertebral discs were counted and calculated, and the T1WI and T2WI signal characteristics of each degenerative cartilage endplate and its correlation with cartilaginous endplate degeneration were summarized, compared, and analyzed to evaluate the cartilaginous endplate degeneration by those magnetic resonance information. The study results show that there were 33 cases of cartilaginous endplate degeneration, accounting for 27.50% of all those 120 patients with lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration (54 degenerative endplates in total), including 9 cases with low T1WI and high T2WI signals, 5 cases with high T1WI and low T2WI signals, 12 cases with high and low mixed T1WI and high or mixed T2WI signals, and 4 cases with both low T1WI and T2WI signals. Therefore, MRI scanning can clearly present the abnormal signals of lumbar intervertebral disc and cartilaginous endplate degeneration, accurately identity their lesion locations, and type their degenerative characteristics, which may be best inspection method for the evaluation of cartilaginous endplate degeneration in the early diagnosis of intervertebral disc degeneration. The study results of this paper provide a reference for further researches on the evaluation of cartilaginous endplate degeneration based on magnetic resonance imaging.

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Intervertebral DiscIntervertebral Disc DegenerationHumansLumbar VertebraeMagnetic Resonance ImagingRetrospective Studies

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