Apparent Diffusion Coefficient of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Evaluation of Cervical Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: An Observational Study with 3.0 T Magnetic Resonance Imaging

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:12.62em"/><col style="width:3.50em"/><col style="width:4.95em"/><col style="width:4.85em"/><col style="width:4.87em"/><col style="width:3.41em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Pfirrmann grade</td><td class="align_center">I</td><td class="align_center">II</td><td class="align_center">III</td><td class="align_center">IV</td><td class="align_center">V</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">ADC value (×10<sup>−3</sup> mm<sup>2</sup>/sec)</td><td class="align_center">&gt;2.22</td><td class="align_center">2.14–2.22</td><td class="align_center">1.98–2.14</td><td class="align_center">1.80–1.98</td><td class="align_center">&lt;1.80</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>ADC cut-off value of each Pfirrmann grade.</div>

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Table 5: Apparent Diffusion Coefficient of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Evaluation of Cervical Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: An Observational Study with 3.0 T Magnetic Resonance Imaging 

Table 5 | Apparent Diffusion Coefficient of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Evaluation of Cervical Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: An Observational Study with 3.0 T Magnetic Resonance Imaging 