Evaluation of the Disco-Vertebral Junction Using Ultrashort Time-to-Echo Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Inter-reader Agreement and Association with Vertebral Endplate Lesions

摘要

ObjectiveTo evaluate ultrashort time to echo (UTE) magnetic resonance (MR) morphology of the cartilaginous endplates (CEP) in cadaveric lumbar spines with bony vertebral endplate (VEP) lesions, to determine inter-reader agreement as well as associations between the CEP morphology and VEP lesions as well as other abnormalities.