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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Intervertebral Disc Elastography to Relate Shear Modulus and Relaxometry in Compression and Bending.

Zachary R Davis, P Cameron Gossett, Robert L Wilson, Woong Kim, Yue Mei, Kent D Butz, Nancy C Emery, Eric A Nauman, Stéphane Avril, Corey P Neu and 1 more

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Zachary R DavisWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2032, USA.
P Cameron GossettWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2032, USA.
Robert L WilsonPaul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0427, USA.
Woong KimWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2032, USA.
Yue MeiDepartment of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
Kent D ButzWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2032, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-7664-1545
Nancy C EmeryDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0334, USA.
Eric A NaumanWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2032, USA.
Stéphane AvrilMines Saint-Étienne, Université Jean Monnet, INSERM, U 1059 Sainbiose, 42023 Saint-Étienne, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8604-7736
Corey P NeuWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8256-5683
Deva D ChanWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2032, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1508-1045

Funding

Probing Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis by Noninvasive Imaging of Cartilage StrainR01AR063712 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI NEU, COREY P · 2013 to 2023
$4.7M
Combined Biophysical and Biochemical Study of Single CellsR21AR064178 · NIAMS · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI NEU, COREY P · 2012 to 2013
$405k
Division of Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation 1100554Division of Civil, Mechanical & Manufacturing Innovation 2149946NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR063712NIAMS NIH HHS R21 AR064178NIBIB NIH HHS R25 EB013029-02ORIP NIH HHS S10 RR019920-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intervertebral disc degeneration is the most recognized cause of low back pain, characterized by the decline in tissue structure and mechanics. Image-based mechanical parameters (e.g., strain, stiffness) may provide an ideal assessment of disc function that is lost with degeneration, but unfortunately, these remain underdeveloped. Moreover, it is unknown whether strain or stiffness of the disc may be predicted by MRI relaxometry (e.g.,

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displacement-encoded imagingelastographyintervertebral discquantitative MRI (qMRI)relaxometry

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PMID42072231
PMCPMC13113507

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