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Magnetic Resonance Classification of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Spine · 2001 · Vol. 26(17) · pp. 1873–1878
Christian W. A. Pfirrmann✉(Universitätsklinik Balgrist)Alexander MetzdorfMarco Zanetti✉(Universitätsklinik Balgrist)Juerg Hodler✉(Universitätsklinik Balgrist)Norbert Boos
Abstract
Disc degeneration can be graded reliably on routine T2-weighted magnetic resonance images using the grading system and algorithm presented in this investigation.
Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedical Imaging and AnalysisMedicineKappaMagnetic resonance imagingLumbarCohen's kappaGrading (engineering)Nuclear medicineReproducibilityLumbar vertebraeIntervertebral disc
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AlgorithmsIntervertebral Disc DisplacementLumbar VertebraeMagnetic Resonance ImagingReproducibility of ResultsObserver Variation
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