Keywords: Other Musculoskeletal, Cartilage
Motivation: It is essential to identify early biochemical markers that are conducive to the precaution of
degenerative disk disease at its early phase.
Goal(s): To compare the diagnostic value of DLR-T2 map and traditional T2 map quantitative techniques for early lumbar disc degeneration.
Approach: Overall image quality (SNR and CNR) was performed. ROC analysis for evaluating the diagnostic efficacy of T2 values for early disc degeneration.
Results: The DLR-T2 map had higher overall image quality scores. DLR-T2 map discriminated Pfirrmann grade I from grade II, and grade II from grade III had a higher diagnostic performance of diagnostic efficacy than T2 map.
Impact: DLR-T2 might provide superior information on the biomechanical properties of early IDD, which would be helpful in prognoses and in improving therapy strategies.
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