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Fig. 3

From: Ultra-short echo time MR imaging in assessing cartilage endplate damage and relationship between its lesion and disc degeneration for chronic low back pain patients

Fig. 3

On the subtracted 3D UTE images, representative endplate images at each grade are shown. a: grade I, normal cartilage endplate (CEP) and bony vertebral endplate (VEP). b: grade II, CEP local thinning (denoted by white arrow). c: grade III, focal sunken of CEP (white arrow), complete continuity and VEP was not involved. d,e: grade IV and V, the defect of CEP and VEP can be observed (white arrow), adjacent to normal CEP and VEP. f: grade VI, CEP and VEP almost defected completely (white arrow), with obvious collapse of the disc

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