Figure 6
From: In vivo experimental intervertebral disc degeneration induced by bleomycin in the rhesus monkey
Correlations of T1ρ values to %DHI, histological score, and total NP GAGs. (A)-(B) A mild correlation was observed between %DHI and T1ρ values of NP and AF(P < 0.01). (C)-(D) A strong inverse correlation was found between histological score and T1ρ values of NP and AF(P < 0.01). (E)-(F) The total NP GAGs change correlated significantly with the T1ρ values of NP(P < 0.01), wheares the T1ρ values of AF did so more weakly than that of NP(P < 0.05).