Does the high-intensity zone (HIZ) of lumbar Intervertebral discs always represent an annular fissure?

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• 作者：Zhi Shan ; Huanhuan Chen ; Junhui Liu ; Hong Ren ; Xuyang Zhang…
• 关键词：MRI ; Annular fissure ; Calcification ; Intervertebral disc ; Spine
• 刊名：European Radiology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：27
• 期：3
• 页码：1267-1276
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology; Interventional Radiology; Neuroradiology; Ultrasound; Internal Medicine;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1432-1084
• 卷排序：27

文摘

ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to examine high-intensity zone (HIZ) characteristics on both T1- and T2-weighted sagittal magnetic resonance (MR) images, and to reveal their exact nature.