Xiaoqing Liang1, Weiyin Vivian Liu2, and Xiaoming Li1
1Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, 2MR Research,GE Healthcare, Beijing, China
1Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, 2MR Research,GE Healthcare, Beijing, China
LFJ
degeneration
occurs earlier and progresses
more slowly than IVD degeneration. Histogram analysis of T2 and T2* values is feasible for detecting IVD but not LFJ degeneration.
Figure 2.
ROC analysis of T2 and T2* histogram parameters for identifying normal (Pfirrmann
grades Ⅰ and Ⅱ) and abnormal (grades Ⅲ to Ⅴ) discs.
Figure 1. Degeneration incidence of lumbar facet joint
(LFJ) and intervertebral
disc (IVD) in different age
groups. * P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P
< 0.001.
