Quantitative assessment of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration and its correlation with clinical symptoms: a study utilizing ultrashort time-of-echo and T2 mapping as biomarkers
Quantitative MRI methods for T2* values and T2 mapping are associated with grade of degeneration and ODI index and are more effective for assessing CEP damage and LBP symptoms than conventional MRI sequence.
Authors
- Zhilin Ji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2258-9931)
- Zhi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6087-8972)
- Xianghong Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2470-7046)
- Jun Han
- Nana Zhu
- Zhiwei Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0153-363X)
- Qiang Yang
- Tingting Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2069-5538)
- Feige Niu
Institutions
- Philips (Finland) (FI)
- Tianjin Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-025-09039-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Tianjin University
- National Key Research and Development Program of China