Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 65-71 , June 2007

Advances in Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Assessment of Degenerative Disc Disease of the Lumbar Spine

  • Chenyang Wang, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
    • ,
  • Joshua D. Auerbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
    • ,
  • Walter R.T. Witschey, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics and Molecular Biology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
    • ,
  • Richard A. Balderston, MD

      Affiliations

    • 3B Orthopaedics, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
    • ,
  • Ravinder Reddy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
    • ,
  • Arijitt Borthakur, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Arijitt Borthakur, PhD, Metabolic Magnetic Resonance Research and Computing Center, Department of Radiology, B1 Stellar-Chance Laboratories, 422 Curie Boulevard, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

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