Jianwei Liao1, Jin Liu1, Yajun Ma2, Xiaojun Chen1, Wei Li1, Lin Yao1, Long Qian3, Jiang Du2, and Shaolin Li1
1Department of Radiology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China, 2Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States, 3MR Research, GE Healthcare, Guangzhou, China
1Department of Radiology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China, 2Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA, United States, 3MR Research, GE Healthcare, Guangzhou, China
The high UTE-MTR of posterior
longitudinal ligament and nucleus pulposus associate with more severe lumbar disc
herniation in patients. The UTE-MTR of posterior longitudinal ligament
and nucleus pulposus may be a promising biomarker to predict early disc herniation
in lumbar spine.
Figure 1: UTE-MT imaging in lumbar of a 63‐year‐old
male volunteer. Figure A: UTE-MT-ON; Figure
B: UTE-MT-OFF; Figure
C: UTE-MTR
map
Figure 2: Correlation between disc
herniation and (A) posterior longitudinal ligament, (B) nucleus pulposus
UTE-MTR in 50 subjects.
