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Predicting Treatment Options for the Intervertebral Disc: Patient-Specific Finite Element Models

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Ahrens, Sonia R.

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This work describes a method for incorporating patient data into a nutrient transport model of the intervertebral disc.This data was collected using MRI diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), and was converted into an apparent diffusion coefficient map (ADC map). This map was used to define the diffusion behavior of water within...

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Honors College Thesis

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___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Adam Higgins, Committee Member, representing Bioengineering
Precision Medicine for the Intervertebral Disc: Image Processing and Computational Modeling of Disc Degeneration to Inform Patient-Specific Therapies

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Ahrens, Sonia R.

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The human intervertebral disc is a deceptively simple structure which plays an essential role in human movement. Even slight changes to the disc microenvironment can have far reaching consequences, particularly when these changes result in disc degeneration and herniation. Degeneration is increasingly tied to lower back pain; better understanding this...

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Masters Thesis

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metabolism of the intervertebral disc: J.G. Urban,59,60 Stephen J. Ferguson,61 Andrea Malandrino,62 and