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НУЗ «Дорожная клиническая больница на ст. “Иркутск-Пассажирский”» ОАО «РЖД», ул. Боткина, 10, Иркутск, 664005, Российская Федерация;&#13;
ФГБНУ «Иркутский научный центр хирургии и травматологии»,&#13;
ул. Борцов Революции, 1, Иркутск, 664003, Российская Федерация;&#13;
ГБОУ ДПО «Иркутская государственная медицинская академия последипломного образования» Министерства здравоохранения РФ,&#13;
мкр Юбилейный, 100, Иркутск, 664049, Российская Федерация</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Irkutsk State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russia,&#13;
ul. Krasnogo Vosstaniya, 1, Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation;&#13;
Railway Clinical Hospital on the station “Irkutsk-Passazhirskiy” of Russian Railways Ltd., ul. Botkina, 10, Irkutsk, 664005, Russian Federation;&#13;
Irkutsk Scientific Center of Surgery and Traumatology,&#13;
ul. Bortsov Revolutsii, 1, Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation;&#13;
Irkutsk State Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Ministry of Health of the RF, mikrorayon Yubileynyy, 100, Irkutsk, 664049, Russian Federation</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ГБОУ ВПО «Иркутский государственный медицинский университет» Минздрава России, ул. Красного Восстания, 1, Иркутск, 664003, Российская Федерация</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Irkutsk State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russia,&#13;
ul. Krasnogo Vosstaniya, 1, Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-3"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ГБОУ ВПО «Иркутский государственный медицинский университет» Минздрава России, ул. Красного Восстания, 1, Иркутск, 664003, Российская Федерация;&#13;
НУЗ «Дорожная клиническая больница на ст. “Иркутск-Пассажирский”» ОАО «РЖД», ул. Боткина, 10, Иркутск, 664005, Российская Федерация</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Irkutsk State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russia,&#13;
ul. Krasnogo Vosstaniya, 1, Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation;&#13;
Railway Clinical Hospital on the station “Irkutsk-Passazhirskiy” of Russian Railways Ltd., ul. Botkina, 10, Irkutsk, 664005, Russian Federation;</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-4"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБНУ «Иркутский научный центр хирургии и травматологии»,&#13;
ул. Борцов Революции, 1, Иркутск, 664003, Российская Федерация</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Irkutsk Scientific Center of Surgery and Traumatology, ul. Bortsov Revolutsii, 1, Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2016</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>14</day><month>01</month><year>2017</year></pub-date><volume>97</volume><issue>6</issue><fpage>357</fpage><lpage>364</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Бывальцев В.А., Степанов И.А., Калинин А.А., Белых Е.Г., 2017</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2017</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Бывальцев В.А., Степанов И.А., Калинин А.А., Белых Е.Г.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Byval’tsev V.A., Stepanov I.A., Kalinin A.A., Belykh E.G.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.russianradiology.ru/jour/article/view/187">https://www.russianradiology.ru/jour/article/view/187</self-uri><abstract><p>Цель исследования – количественная оценка степени дегенерации межпозвонковых дисков (МПД) с помощью построения функциональных карт диффузионно-взвешенных изображений (ДВИ) и определение корреляционной зависимости между значениями измеряемого коэффициента диффузии (КД) и изменениями МПД на Т1- и Т2-взвешенных изображениях. Материал и методы. Исследованы 545 МПД у 109 пациентов, не имеющих в анамнезе болевого синдрома в спине и оперативных вмешательств на позвоночнике. Всем пациентам выполнена МРТ поясничного отдела позвоночника, построены карты ДВИ и определены значения КД. Результаты. Для каждого из пяти МПД определялись статистически значимые различия средних значений КД. Результаты множественного регрессионного анализа показали, что возраст и степень дегенерации являются наиболее значимыми факторами. Степень дегенерации МПД отрицательно коррелирует со значениями КД на всех уровнях (р&lt;0,001). Также имеет место отрицательная корреляционная зависимость между возрастом и значением КД на всех уровнях (р&lt;0,001). Однако пол не влияет на значение КД (р&gt;0,05), за исключением уровня LIII–IV. Заключение. Возраст и степень дегенеративных изменений МПД влияют на значение КД. Значения КД отрицательно коррелируют со степенью дегенерации МПД по Pfirrmann и возрастом исследованных пациентов. Режим ДВИ МРТ может быть использован в качестве перспективного неинвазивного метода диагностики ранних стадий дегенерации МПД. </p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Objective: to quantify the degree of degeneration of intervertebral discs (IVDs), by constructing functional diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) maps, and to determine a correlation between the measured diffusion coefficient (DC) values and IVD changes on T1- and T2-weighted images. Material and methods. 545 IVDs were examined in 109 patients with no history of back pain syndrome and surgical spinal interventions. All the patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine; DWI maps were constructed and DC values estimated. Results. Statistically significant differences in the mean values of DC were determined for each of five IVDs. Multiple regression analysis showed that age and degree of degeneration were the most significant factors. The degree of IVD degeneration was negatively correlated with the values of DC at all levels (p&lt;0.001). Also, there was a negative correlation between age and the value of DC at all levels (p&lt;0.001). However, gender did not affect the value of DC (p&gt;0.05), with the exception of L3-4. Conclusion. Age and the degree of degenerative changes in IVDs affect the value of DC. The value of DC is negatively correlated with the IVD degeneration graded by Pfirrmann and with the age of the examined patients. DW MRI can be used as a promising noninvasive method to diagnose the early stages of IVD degeneration.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>диффузионно-взвешенная магнитно- резонансная томография</kwd><kwd>дегенерация межпозвонкового диска</kwd><kwd>коэффициент диффузии</kwd><kwd>карта диффузионно-взвешенных изображений</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging</kwd><kwd>intervertebral disc degeneration</kwd><kwd>diffusion coefficient</kwd><kwd>diffusionweighted images</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">An H.S., Anderson P.A., Haughton V.M., Iatridis J.C., Kang J.D., Lotz J.C. et al. (2004) Introduction: disc degeneration: summary. Spine. 2010; 29 (23): 2677–8.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">An H.S., Anderson P.A., Haughton V.M., Iatridis J.C., Kang J.D., Lotz J.C. et al. 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