Regional distribution of computed tomography attenuation across the lumbar endplate.

The vertebral endplate forms a structural boundary between intervertebral disc and the trabecular bone of the vertebral body. As a mechanical interface between the stiff bone and resilient disc, the endplate is the weakest portion of the vertebral-disc complex and is predisposed to mechanical failur...

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Main Authors: Kazuyuki Segami, Alejandro A Espinoza Orías, Hiroe Miyamoto, Koji Kanzaki, Howard S An, Nozomu Inoue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259001