A Nondestructive Method to Distinguish the Internal Constituent Architecture of the Intervertebral Discs Using 9.4 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

An in vitro study of the intervertebral disc (IVD) structure using 9.4T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Objective

Investigate the potential of ultrahigh-field strength MRI for higher quality 3-dimensional (3D) volumetric MRI datasets of the IVD to better distinguish structural details.

Summary of background data

MRI has the advantages of being nondestructive and 3D in comparison to most techniques used to obtain the structural details of biological tissues, however, its poor image quality at higher resolution is a limiting factor. Ultrahigh-field MRI could improve the imaging of biological tissues but the current understanding of its application for spinal tissue is limited.

Methods

2 ovine spinal segments (C7-T1, T2-T3) containing the IVD were s

SUBMITTER: Wijayathunga VN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4684101 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature