Quantitative MRI in early intervertebral disc degeneration: T1rho correlates better than T2 and ADC with biomechanics, histology and matrix content

• Cornelis P. L. Paul,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7716-0956

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• Theodoor H. Smit ,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: t.h.smit@amc.uva.nl

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Biology, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Magda de Graaf,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Roderick M. Holewijn,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Arno Bisschop,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Peter M. van de Ven,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Margriet G. Mullender,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Marco N. Helder,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Gustav J. Strijkers

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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