NOCIMED; LLC;NOCIMED, LLC;THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
发明人:
PEACOCK, JAMES, C. III,CLAUDE, JOHN, P.,KANE, PAUL, H.,LOTZ, JEFFREY, C.
申请号:
EP10824123
公开号:
EP2488101A4
申请日:
2010.10.14
申请国别(地区):
EP
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
Diagnostic method for providing information for a medical condition of a ROI in an intervertebral disc in a patient, the method comprising acquiring MRS data for a voxel located with the ROI and producing a processed MRS spectrum containing spectral peak regions corresponding with proteoglycan, lactate and alanine. A parameter is calculated from the spectrum, correlative for diagnosing the intervertebral disc as painful or non-painful.